Kenya Kenyan Military 'Forcefully Collected' 3,000 Guns in North Rift Disarmament East African Standard (Nairobi) 19 July 2007 The Government has recovered more than 3,200 illegal firearms in North Rift. Rift-Valley Provincial Commissioner Mr Hassan Noor Hassan said about 3,000 assortments of guns were forcefully collected during the first phase of the disarmament exercise launched last year. The administrator said residents surrendered the rest of the guns in the second phase of the disarmament. Late last year, Government suspended the exercise... ( gunpolicy.org ) Read More: East African Standard (Nairobi) Kenya Torching Illegal Guns Was Fine, But Not the End to Kenyan Insecurity Daily Nation (Nairobi), Opinion 5 April 2007 The Government recently set ablaze 8,000 of the estimated 100,000 illegal weapons recovered from gangsters, unlicensed handlers and immigrants fleeing strife-torn neighbouring countries. Speaking during the occasion, Internal Security minister John Michuki said that the days of armed criminals were over, adding that the war to mop up the illegal guns will not stop. The firearms had been used in senseless murders, robberies and carjackings,... ( gunpolicy.org ) Read More: Daily Nation (Nairobi) Kenya Kenyan Pastoralists Defy Orders to Surrender Guns in Disarmament Drive IRIN (UN News) / Reuters 22 March 2007 MARSABIT -- The severe drought in northern Kenya last year and cattle rustling have wiped out more than half of Halake Wario's livestock, but failed to dampen his determination to remain a pastoralist. "Livestock keeping is part of my Borana tradition but it is risky and tough," Wario told IRIN in Marsabit district. "Many people have been killed in the past and livestock stolen, [leaving] many families poor, but I wish the same... ( gunpolicy.org ) Read More: IRIN (UN News) / Reuters 23136 Kenya Kenyans Relieved as 8,000 Illegal Guns Burn in Nairobi Ceremony East African Business Week (Kampala) 20 March 2007 NAIROBI -- Kenyans went to sleep with a deep sense of relief last Thursday after an assortment of 8,008 guns, seized from criminals within just two years, were set ablaze. The government at the same time announced it would seek ultimate death as penalty for anyone found in possession of illegal arms or their imitations. "These weapons will never be used again for criminal purposes in our country or elsewhere," security... ( gunpolicy.org ) Read More: East African Business Week (Kampala) 23086