It exists to provide Kenya with prompt mitigation of explosive and other similar   hazards, for a safe environment in promoting innovation and technology in agriculture and trade.

GOAL

Preservation of LIFE and PROPERTY of citizens of Kenya

FUNCTIONS

• Mitigate and investigate all cases related to explosives and hazardous materials.
• Carry out explosive ordinance disposal operations.
• Provide explosive sweeps to venues and areas visited by VIPs and other areas as need be.
• Attend to bomb threats / scares.
• Conduct post blast investigation.
• Providing security to heads of state and other dignitaries
• Investigations of all explosive/explosive incidents.
• Gathering and disseminating explosive intelligence to other law enforcement agencies locally and internationally.
• Training of officers in explosives counter measures.
• Educating and sensitizing the public of the management of bomb threats.
• Protection of airports, ports and railways.
• Collecting post blast substances and forwarding to government chemist for molecule analysis.
•  Detection and prevention of illegal explosive incidents
• Apprehension and prosecution of explosive offenders
•  Disposing and detonating all unexploded bombs (UXB), grenades, motors and other components of explosive materials

scene of crime tips

• Never rush to the scene as there could be a secondary device which could be more devastating than the first one.
• Try to observe for any suspicious character photographing video taking the scene or celebrating the incident
• If you can see a bomb, a bomb is also seeing you therefore run away from it
• If you don’t have any role to play please stay away as far as possible
• Leave the scene to the expert alone and anything found at the scene if you are not an expert
• Maintain scene integrity and never contaminate for evidence collection.
• All first responders if not bomb experts should cordon the scene until more qualified person arrives and takes over.