This archive report was first published on 10 July 2019.
Kenya Develops Anti-Terrorism County Action Plans ¶
President Uhuru Kenyatta on July 10, 2019, announced that Kenya has established anti-terrorism County Action Plans to reduce threats to the country.
The County Action Plans are tailored to the security needs of each of the 47 counties and aim to bring together security sector actors to prioritize collective counter-terrorism actions.
The plans will be complemented by a student safety and security mechanism developed by the Ministry of Education, which will be rolled out in the next few months.
President Kenyatta made the announcement when he opened a counter-terrorism conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi.
He emphasized the need for African countries to have strong strategies to deal with violent extremism and to engage capabilities to disengage, rehabilitate, and reintegrate those who reject terrorist ideologies.
President Kenyatta also called on African states to enhance their internal capacities to deal with terrorism and to prepare for cross-border threats.
He said that Africa has the means and the will to defeat terrorism and that a win against the vice will be a victory for humanity.
The conference, attended by thousands of participants from across Africa, will run for two days.
