Regional forensics experts meeting in Kampala earlier this week have called for deeper coordination and utilization of the forensics center to be located in Kampala to avert rising crime levels.
Dr Julius Rotich, East African Community deputy secretary general in charge of political federation said, “We want to improve standards of investigations so that once somebody is taken to court we have the evidence, we don’t want innocent people jailed and guilty people freed.”
He said the establishment of the centre would go a long way in managing crime which is taking a new form with criminals traversing the region because of open borders since the commencement of the common market about two years ago.
Terrorism, drug and human trafficking, illegal trade and piracy are some of the crimes to which the region’s citizens are exposed to. Lately Kenya has especially experienced several cases of terrorist attacks.
On Monday, forensics heads of the five member states began crafting the structure, shape and possible sources of funding required for the centre.
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