NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 11 Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has announced that the government will invoke the use of Protected Areas Act to deal with persons vandalizing the Standard Gauge Railway and selling its parts to scrap metal dealers.
Kindiki said that the actions poses a threat to national security and has a potential to hurt the country's economy and could result to mass casualties."The law governing critical infrastructure now is the protected areas act cap 204 of the laws of Kenya.
Kindiki urged security agents from various units to collaborate with the Railway Police Unit to make sure that the country's railway is free from vandalism. He reiterated that the law empowers law enforcement officers to take decisive action against anyone found committing crimes within protected areas.
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