Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i has revealed that the National Police Service (NPS) has managed to recover 14,000 illegal firearms and 400,000 bullets recovered in the last 2 years.
Speaking during the launch of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) excellence charter and SOP on investigation and prosecution of serious human rights violations committed by Police Officers, Matiang’I noted that the recovery of the illegal farms was a key step towards ending crime.
He called on members of the public to be alert and inform police of any suspicious occurrences in their neighborhoods, adding that it is the only way to put an end to crime.
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Dr. Matiang’i also acknowledged the great strides that the DPP has made in taking ODPP to another level of operation in the justice sector.
The ODPP excellence charter is expected to be a game-changer in the criminal justice sector as it endeavors to enhance service delivery to all Kenyans
The announcement on recovery of the guns and ammunition comes at a time when cases of crime have been on the rise across the country, where victims have either been strangled or shot dead.
A few weeks ago, Citizen TV published an exposé detailing how criminals allegedly get guns from law enforcement officers and use them for illegal purposes.
In the expose, it was revealed that one can acquire a gun with as low as Sh 5,000. However, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti dismissed the findings from expose noting that the guns did not belong to the police service.
