Kenyan police trained by Turkey receive certificates

NAIROBI, Kenya

Dozens of Kenyan police who have been on a one-week long training by a team of Turkish police to fight crime and terrorism were awarded certificates on Friday.

With the coordination of the Directorate General of Security in Turkey, Turkey's aid agency, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), ran the training program in a bid to improve Kenya’s law enforcement agencies.

"Especially the anti-smuggling part… I have learned more things in anti-smuggling, there are some various complicated ways smugglers use to smuggle things in the country, being an instructor who trains people who guard our borders," Senior