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NSIS set to be opened for public scrutiny

By Kenfrey Kiberenge and Cyrus Ombati

One of Kenya’s most secretive State units, the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), is set to be opened up for public scrutiny if the proposed law is adopted. Security experts point to the proposed complaints commission and a Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee - which were not provided for under the NSIS Act of 1998- as clauses that would ensure oversight and checks and balances.

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