Kenya Police set 5,250 illegal firearms ablaze as message to urge others with similar weapons to surrender them

The
Kenyan police on Tuesday, November 15, burnt 5, 250 illegal
firearms consisting of both confiscated and surrendered arms that had
been piled up for nearly one decade as a message to urge other citizens
in the country with similar weapons to surrender them.

The country’s deputy president William Ruto spearheaded
the exercise accompanied by the minister for internal security, Joseph
Ole Nkaissery. He said;

“We
are destroying small arms and ammunition so that they do not fall into
wrong hands that will cause harm in society. I urge those in possession
of illegal firearms to…