Nairobi Protocol News Today

Disarmament: More guns mean more attacks — but communities see small arms as vital for their protection against bandits. 

RECSA coordinates the implementation on prevention and control of weapons.

<p>The National Police Service (NPS) has already marked 98 per cent of its firearms stock while the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is at 70 per cent in the process.<br></p>

Rather than relying on foreign navies, Horn of Africa countries must lead in stemming illicit arms inflows. 

Security experts on Monday called for stronger regional cooperation in the fight against the proliferation of small arms. Badreldin Elamin Abdelgadir, executive secretary of the Regional Center on Small Arms (RECSA), told a forum in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, that governments have enhanced surveillance among common borders to detect smuggling of…

East Africans have been called upon to turn out in large numbers and get vaccinated against covid as the only way to contain the further spread of the deadly pandemic. Dr.Peter Mathuki the EAC secretary General said on Monday that resistance to vaccines was undermining efforts to jumpstart the regional economy after the damage caused […]

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday made an extensive inspection tour of the 27.1km Nairobi Expressway which is currently 93% complete. According to details, President Uhuru has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the 8-lane elevated dual carriageway whose completion is scheduled for March 2022. The Nairobi Expressway is fast transforming the capital’s landscape. The grand […]

Reports have emerged that the recent fire that gutted a prison facility in Gitega, Burundi’s political capital could have actually killed more inmates than ambiguously reported. On December 7, Gitega prison was devastated by a deadly fire which officially left 38 dead and 69 injured. But according to local associations, the toll could actually reach […]

Leaders of the East African Community member states have this Wednesday discussed admission of Democratic Republic of Congo into the regional bloc. The deliberation is part of the ongoing virtual 18th Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community Heads of State, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The Summit is held under the theme “Deepening Integration, […]

 The East African Community (EAC) hails the United Republic of Tanzania for her extensive contribution towards deepening regional integration and in turn increasing intra-EAC trade and development opportunities, as the country marks 60 years since independence. As one of the three founding Partner States of the Community, Tanzania plays an integral role in the region, […]