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Kenya shelves coast guard plan for inter-agency security as piracy falls
Kenya Navy officers guard a vessel docked in the port of Mombasa: Kenya plans to co-ordinate its security agencies to better provide security on its territorial waters. FILE PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA
Kenya has gone slow on its earlier plan to set up a coast guard as officials opt to boost coordination among various security agencies to protect its 600km-long coastline.
Instead of forming a separate security unit as promised by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2014, the government will get existing agencies such as Kenya Navy, Kenya Police Service, Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Revenue Authority to work together.
