Members of the Civil Societies in Kenya have warned Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen against deploying National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers in the universities.
This is after Murkomen on Thursday, February 13, revealed plans by the government to deploy NIS officers in all universities in the country to curb drug and alcohol abuse.
According to Murkomen, there was a need to deploy NIS officers after a report by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse (NACADA) revealed that over 50 per cent of university students in the country abuse alcohol and drugs.
Led by Suba Churchill of the Kenya National Civil Society Centre (KNCSC), the civil society argues that deploying NIS to universities would impair the freedom and rights of lecturers and students to learn and express ideas and opinions in academic institutions.
