June 29, 2009 – ICPAT convened a workshop on legislative harmonization in Kenya in Nairobi today. The two day meeting is attended by officials from the Ministry of State for Immigration, Justice and National Cohesion, Foreign Affairs, Office of the President, Central Bank of Kenya, National Counter Terrorism Center, Anti-corruption Commission, Regional Center on Small Arms (RECSA), Kenya Institute of Bankers, and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

 

The workshop was held to analyze Kenya’s laws and legislation in the areas of terrorism, money laundering, corruption , organized crime, drugs and arms trafficking, and to identify strengths and in particular weaknesses in the laws. The objective is to propose changes to the existing laws where necessary.

 

A Kenyan researcher presented his findings regarding the laws indicating that the legal regime is in dire need of change as far as most of the laws under study were concerned.

 

The meeting was also addressed by experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the East and Southern Africa Anti Money Laundering Group (based in Tanzania).

 

   

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