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Kenya: Joint Agency Planned to Pre-Empt Polls Violence
Nation, 6 December 2016
A multi-agency security team will be set up under one roof to ensure next year’s General Election is peaceful. Read more »
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery and Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet say areas prone to violence, hate speech, tribal mobilisation and incitement have been identified, and police officers have been equipped with recorders to monitor rallies.
A scene from the violence which swept areas of Kenya in 2007 elections (file photo)
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