The Kenya police on Tuesday burnt 5,250 illegal firearms consisting of both confiscated and surrendered arms that had been stockpiled for nearly one decade as a message to urge others with similar weapons to surrender them.
The country’s deputy president William Ruto oversaw the exercise accompanied by the minister for internal security, Joseph Ole Nkaissery.
“We are destroying small arms and ammunition so that they do not fall into wrong hands that will cause harm in society,” Ruto said.
“I urge those in possession of illegal firearms to surrender them to police and those in custody of state weapons to maintain proper usage,” he added.
The Kenyan government has been on the lookout for people in possession of illegal weapons, urging them to surrender their arms to the security authorities.
The Deputy President said the weapons posed a threat to peace and stability of the country as they were easily available, cheap and simple to handle and conceal.
Members of the public were also asked to register their guns amid the government’s effort to regulate the use of arms.
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