Just weeks after Kenya made public the creation of the highly specialised police unit aimed at dealing with terror suspects who manage to sneak through the country's porous border, Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has revealed a new plan to end the surge in irregular border crossings.
Omollo, through an opinion piece published in the Daily Nation on Wednesday, September 3, revealed a plan to institute new technology, including drone monitoring, as well as quick response units to enhance the country's borders.
According to the PS, the government must establish interoperable platforms for real-time intelligence gathering and exchange across all agencies and borders. "We cannot simply seal our borders and call it a solution," Omollo said.
Currently, the National Intelligence Service, as well as the Kenya Defence Forces' Intelligence Corps, are primarily responsible for collecting data and thwarting any planned terrorist attacks.
