Police get tough procedures for investigating terror cases

DPP Noordin Haji, Director National Counter Terrorism Centre Dr Rosalind Nyawira, CBK Governor Dr Patrick Njoroge and Deputy Ambassador European Union Ms Katrin Hagemann during the launch of inter-agency guidelines on cooperation and collaboration in the investigation and prosecution of terrorism and financing. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Detectives investigating terror-related cases must first notify the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) in a new raft of measures launched on Tuesday.

Though Anti-Terrorist Police Unit (APTU) sleuths who fall under the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will remain the lead agency in investigating suspected cases of terrorism and terrorism financing, such investigations going forward, shall be prosecution guided.