State unveils advanced standard procedures at frontier points
By KNA, July 21, 2022The government has launched the Standard Operating Procedures for points of entry in and out of Kenya.
It seeks to protect the country’s border points and promote legitimate trade.
Interior Principal Secretary Dr Karanja Kibicho (pictured) said it was a momentous step for the country– one that will have a huge impact on travel, investments, insecurity measures and conducts business with neighbours and other countries globally.
Kibicho said the up-to-date, policy-backed, innovative and technology-centrerd standard operating procedures will guide in the coordination of operations and information and resource-sharing among border agencies.
In a speech read on his behalf by Nairobi Regional Commissioner Kang’ethe Thuku at a Nairobi hotel on Tuesday during the launch, Kibicho said since the inception of coordinated border management, border officials have been conducting joint operations without a comprehensive guiding tool and to remedy this situation, a guide with modern and innovative means of border management had to be developed.
“It is on this note that the Border Control and Operations Coordination Committee and the International Organisation for Migration partnered and formed a technical working group. The IOM also on boarded Elroy Africa, an experienced consultant in border management, to help in the development of the standard operating procedures,” the PS said. He also said these procedures will ultimately enhance efficiency and effectiveness of border security and help in the continued promotion of legitimate trade and travel.