When the government launched a massive disarmament in the banditry-prone counties in the North Rift five months ago, elders and professionals from the targeted areas saw it as an exercise in futility.
The gun mop-up -- a bid to smoke out armed criminals -- also elicited reactions from experts and residents who claimed that disarmaments have been carried out in the region over the years but more attacks are reported and communities continue to smuggle in more illegal guns.
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