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GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7868
GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7868
THE KENYA DEFENCE FORCES ACT
(Cap. 199)
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PURSUANT to Article 241 (3) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 read with sections 31 (1) (a), 31 (1) (c), 33 (1), 34 (1) and 34 (2)
35 the Kenya Defence Forces Act, the Kenya Defence Forces deployed on the 25th June, 2024 in support of the National Police
Service in response to the security emergency caused by violent protests in various parts of the Republic of Kenya resulting in destruction and breach of critical infrastructure.
FURTHER to the orders of the Court in High Court Constitutional and Human Rights Petition Number 307 of 2024, it is notified for the general information of the public that:
1. Based on the prevailing threats to national security planned and orchestrated through various platforms in the cyber space, the deployment will cover the Forty-Seven Counties within the Republic of Kenya where critical installations and infrastructure are located in order to assist the National Police Service preserve life, preserve the internal security of the State, protect property as well as maintain law and order.
2. The terms of engagement for the deployment shall be the constitutional standards enshrined in the Bill of Rights, Articles 238
(1) and (2) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, statutory requirements and principles provided at sections 3, 8 (2), 34 (1), 34 (3) and 35 of the
Kenya Defence Forces Act.
3. The deployment shall continue until normalcy is restored.
Dated the 28th June, 2024.
ADEN BARE DUALE, Cabinet Secretary for Defence and
Chairperson of the Defence Council.
Dated the 28th June, 2024.
ADEN BARE DUALE,
Cabinet Secretary for Defence and Chairperson of the Defence Council.
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Details
- Act / Legislation
- THE KENYA DEFENCE FORCES ACT
- Reference
- Cap. 199
- Signed By
- ADEN BARE DUALE
- Title
- Cabinet Secretary for Defence and Chairperson of the Defence Council
- Date Signed
- 28th June 2024
- Page
- 3
- Extraction Method
- regex
Source Gazette
Vol. CXXVI No. 94
Published 15th January 2024