Wananchi hiding 680,000 guns – report

There are at least 680,000 illegal firearms still being held by civilians that should be surrendered to enhance peace, it has been revealed. Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons director David Kimaiyo said yesterday a survey conducted in 31 out of the 47 counties by the Geneva-based Small Arms Initiative indicated that while in 2003 an average of six per cent of households surveyed admitted to owning an illegal firearm, in 2012, only 2.7 per cent (210,000 households) had firearms...