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    "content": "effective under the current Governmental systems, has to have a multi-departmental approach. Therefore, the members of that unit are drawn from various departments of the Government, for instance, the Police Department, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and the Department of Immigration. That is also a problem. It has been shown that a successful witness protection programme must give due observance to four pillars. The first pillar is operational autonomy. The current Act, as I have just explained, does not give the Witness Protection Unit that operational autonomy in as much as it is a unit of a department in the State Law Office, or otherwise, popularly known as the Office of the Attorney-General. Because of that, it is subject to the standard Government operational procedures and guidelines. That is the first pillar of a successful witness protection programme. The second pillar is covert capability. This means being able to use front companies, operate secret bank accounts and enter into secret agreements with other agencies because of the need at times to relocate the witnesses out of this country. This country has become so small that, say, if you are dealing with Mr. Amos Wako who should be protected as a witness in an important case, relocating me within the territory of Kenya is a waste of time. This is because even if you change my nose, ears and so on, given the voice alone, people will say: “That must be the Attorney- General.” So, it is very difficult to carry out these covert operations when you are just a normal Government department. In fact, the only people who can carry out these covert operations right now within the Government is an organization such as the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and possibly, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). But all other departments, really, cannot carry out covert operations, yet this is a pillar which underpins a successful witness programme."
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