How Interior CS, DPP Tobiko win big in proposed changes to security laws

President Uhuru Kenyatta meets the national security advisory council at state. (PHOTO: PSCU)

The drafters of the now controversial Security Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014, aim to enhance national security and combat terrorism. However, if enacted as it is, the Bill has created winners and losers as a result of the overarching re-organisation of power in the security and law sectors.

Generally, Kenyans will gain and lose from the proposed Bill should it become law. Specifically, however, various categories of Kenyans and institutions would lose or win from the set of laws once passed.