EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

PRESS RELEASE
(For Immediate Release)

DESPATCH FROM CABINET

His Excellency the President has today chaired a Cabinet Meeting

at State House, Nairobi. At today’s sitting, Cabinet considered the
prescriptions and directives issued by the National Security Advisory
Committee (NSAC) regarding the Preservation of Public Order and
Security in the Conduct of Public Gatherings and Processions, Media
Reporting and Responsible Conduct of Persons using Social Media.

Cabinet noted with concern that over the last month, and as the
Government progressively eased the containment measures put in place to
stem the spread of the novel Coronavirus Disease, Kenya has
experienced growing political tensions that have exacerbated partisan
divides and threatened peace, security and harmony within our
Nation.

This fast-evolving situation threatens to derail the delivery of the

Administration’s transformative agenda for the Country; as well as
jeopardize Kenya’s image and place within the community of
nations, which has been recently uplifted by Kenya’s membership of the
United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member.

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In that regard, Cabinet unanimously endorsed and ratified

the prescriptions and directives as issued by the National Security Advisory
Committee (NSAC) as National Security Advisory, whose effect would
commence immediately.

To institutionalize the prescriptions and directives issued by the

NSAC, Cabinet approved the establishment and immediate
operationalization of a Multi –Agency Team on Public Order
comprising of representatives from the following state and public offices:

Convener
(a) Ministry of Interior and Government of National
Government
Members
(b) Office of the Attorney-General and Department of Justice;
(c) Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs;
(d) National Intelligence Services;
(e) National Police Service, comprising of one representative
of Kenya Police Service, Administration Police Service and
Directorate of Criminal Investigations;
(f) National Cohesion and Integration Commission;
(g) ICT Authority; and
(h) Communication Authority of Kenya.

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Secretariat
National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC)

The primary term of reference for the Multi-Agency Team on

Public Order shall be to monitor, document and enforce compliance
with the prescriptions and directives with respect to the conduct of all
public meetings and processions; the permitted processes for media
broadcasting, publishing and reporting; and the responsible conduct of
persons using social media.

Cabinet also considered and approved the 2020 Budget Review

and Outlook Paper for the Financial Year 2021/2022’s Medium
Term Budget. The proposals by the National Treasury anchor the
framework upon which the Government’s efforts to stimulate and
sustain economic activities through the Economic Stimulus
Programme and the Post Covid-19 Economic Recovery Strategy.
The proposals also set out targeted state expenditures that focus on the
priority programmes and initiatives that will bring the most gains to
Kenyans within the shortest time possible.

In view of the foregoing, and in accordance with the Public

Finance Management Act Cabinet sanctioned the transmittal of the
2020 Budget Review and Outlook Paper for the FY 2021/22
Medium Term Budget to the National Assembly.

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To further secure Kenya’s overall competiveness and attract

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Cabinet considered and approved
the following:

I. The Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement between the

Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government
of Singapore;
II. The Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between
the Kenya Ports Authority and the Mauritius Ports
Authority;
III. The Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment,
Implementation and Management of the East African
Community (EAC) Seamless Upper Airspace; and
IV. The Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of
Kenya and the International Centre for Advanced
Mediterranean Agronomic Studies – (CIHEAM BARI,
ITALY) for Cooperation in Agriculture and Fisheries
Sector.

Cabinet also noted that at a pivotal moment in Kenya’s recent

history, and as our Nation is charting the course into its post-COVID
future, no person would be allowed to hamper Kenya’s progress, unity
and the equal enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms by all
persons.

CABINET OFFICE
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Thursday, 8th October, 2020

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