Alarming Number of Illegal Firearms in Kenya
- Publisher:
- KENYA Citizen TV
- Publication Date:
- 20 June 2012
- Tags:
- Kenya, Arms and Military Affairs, Legal and Judicial Affairs
The government has sounded alarm bells over the record number of firearms in illegal hands in the country. The ministry of internal security says about five hundred thousand illegal firearms are circulating in the country, according to the findings of a survey funded by the Danish government over the last ten years. Hussein Mohamed reports.
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