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Kenya's New Anti-terrorism Law Aimed At Stumping Out Alshabaab & Sympathisers by Nobody: 12:02pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
The amendment to the Security bill, initaited by Kenyas cabinet has been recieved by mixed reactions...... Anyway Bill which is now in parliament; The president has said if any one has a problem with any particula law, they should forward there concerns to parliament and parliament has the right to remove and part of the bill that is bad and leave the good laws... In my opinoin, some proposed laws are very good while some might lead to abuse especially by police in summary... Terrorism charges will no longer be bailable and the Evidence Act has been reviewed to allow admission of digital evidence such as photographs and videos to ensure no evidence is dismissed on technicalities. Courts can also receive oral evidence through teleconferencing For the first time the National Intelligence Service will not only have powers to arrest suspects, but also run covert operations and “take pre-emptive strikes” ( whatever that means ) to foil terror plots. Inadequate inter-agency co-operation has been blamed for the country’s poor response to attacks. In the past the NIS was only allowed to pass inteligence to police for the police to decide if they will act on it or not..... As a result, a new National Counter Terrorism Centre bringing together the military, the police and the spy agency will co-ordinate counter terrorism efforts between all security agencies. Other Laws in the proposed security bill include Penal Code: -A person who intentionally insults the modesty of any other person by intruding upon that person’s privacy or strips such person, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years. Refugee Act: -Asylum seekers to report on arrival as opposed to the current 30 days’ grace period to report Restaurants Act: -Compulsory for managers to record details of visitors and file the report to the police. Detailed Summary 66A. A person who publishes or causes to be published or distributed obscene, gory or offensive material which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the general public or disturb public peace is guilty of a felony and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both, or, where the offence is committed by a media enterprise, to a fine not exceeding five million shillings 128A. A public officer who in the cause of his or her employment─ (a) aids or facilitates the commission of a felony; (b) facilitates the entry of a criminal into Kenya; or (c) conceals the where abouts of a criminal is guilty of a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years. 30A.(1) A person who publishes or utters a statement that is likely to be understood as directly or indirectly encouraging or inducing another person to commit or prepare to commit an act of terrorism commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. 30C. (1) A person who travels to a country designated by the Cabinet Secretary to be a terrorist training country without passing through designated immigration entry or exit points shall be presumed to have travelled tothat country to receive training in terrorism. (3) For the purposes of this section, the Cabinet Secretary may, throughregulations, designate anycountry to be a terroristtraining country. 2) A person who publishes or broadcasts photographs of victims of a terrorist attack without the consent of the National Police Service and of the victim commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment for a period not exceed three years or to a fine of five million shillings, or both. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) any person may publish or broadcast factual information of a general natureto the public. 36A. The National Security Organs may intercept communication for the purposes of detecting, deterring and disrupting terrorism in accordance with procedures to be prescribed by the Cabinet Secretary. 39A. The Court shall have due regard to the authenticity and accuracy of the evidence presented before it without due regard to technicalities of procedure. There are many other changes but this are the major one that I came across in the 90 page document 40A. (1) The government is to established a National CounterTerrorism Centre, hereinafter referred to as the “Centre” which shall be an inter-agency body. 40C. (1) The Centre may request any person or government body for any information relating to terrorism. 4A) Each Police station established under subsection (1) shall have the function of maintaining security within its area of jurisdiction, and shall for that purpose require that all hotels and other establishments offering accommodation facilities maintain a record of all the guests within their facilities 61A. (1) Where an aircraft is flown from any unmanned aerodrome or point within Kenya to another unmanned aerodrome or point within Kenya, the Pilot-In-Command of such aircraft and the operator of such aerodrome shall be required to provide such information as the Cabinet secretary may prescribe from time to time. (2) The information under subsection (1) shall include details of the flight and the nature of the operations. |
Re: Kenya's New Anti-terrorism Law Aimed At Stumping Out Alshabaab & Sympathisers by Movesz(m): 12:06pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
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Re: Kenya's New Anti-terrorism Law Aimed At Stumping Out Alshabaab & Sympathisers by Movesz(m): 12:06pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
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