Uganda: 57,000 Guns Burnt

Kampala — A TOTAL of 57,000 guns were on Saturday burnt at the Steel Rolling Mills in Jinja. The firearms, ferried to the factory on two trailer trucks amid tight security, were fed into the huge boiler-furnace and smelted.

Army spokesman Maj. Felix Kulayigye said the firearms were part of the stock of unserviceable weapons accumulated since colonial times.

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