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Kenya: Drive to Seize Arms Extended in Eastern

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Original Post Date: 2010-09-22 Time: 14:00:03  Posted By: News Poster

By John Njagi and Hassan Huka

Nairobi – Police have been forced to extend the disarmament drive in the Upper Eastern region due to a constant flow of illegal arms into Kenya through the border.

Increased police patrols along the border with Somalia, where lawlessness has fuelled smuggling of guns into Kenya, have failed to completely end the illegal activity.

“The border is long and porous. Although gun smuggling has gone down significantly, there is still an indication of slight flow of illegal firearms,” said Eastern police boss Marcus Ocholla.

Mr Ocholla, who has been coordinating the disarmament in Upper Eastern, said that the drive, which began early this year, would go on indefinitely.

“We have decided not to set a time frame. The exercise will go on indefinitely and it may take more than one year to completely clear the illegal firearms,” he said.

In the first phase of the disarmament, which began in February, police collected thousands of illegal firearms, most of them through amnesty.

The second phase, which began after the referendum, involves forceful disarmament and intelligence gathering to locate individuals still keeping guns before a raid is conducted.

10 people killed

Police have netted 637 guns and 2,700 rounds of ammunition in the past one month.

At the same time, Isiolo police boss Augustine Nthumbi told the Daily Nation that 10 people have been killed and 5,000 animals stolen since the mop-up exercise began.

He attributed the insecurity to the high number of firearms that are still in the wrong hands.

He supported the ongoing drive, saying a complete mop-up was still achievable.

Original Source: The Nation (Nairobi)
Original date published: 21 September 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009220115.html?viewall=1