CID accused of selling guns

By Nairobian Reporter

CID officers are among those suspected of involvement in a ring of illegal gun and explosives trade, The Nairobian has established.

Our investigations indicate that the rogue sleuths are breaking the rules in concert with licensed city gun dealers from whom they collect guns to sell to undeserving individuals.  

The police officers, who are responsible for enforcing gun laws and cleaning up illegal weapons, are instead doing the opposite.

Our inquiries, based on multiple sources within the security apparatus, add to the woes of the National Police Service, which has for years been grappling with a sullied image as some officers have been implicated in crime.

Police have over the years been accused of lending out their guns to criminals, providing weapons used to fake crime scenes and selling the guns recovered from criminals.

But in the latest trend, we tracked the activities of the rogue officers to a city gun shop, which we cannot name for legal reasons.

CID vehicles are said to be used in picking the guns and explosives for sale. Those eager to obtain guns are said to be bypassing the rigorous process that one goes through before receiving a gun.

“CID officers are doing this booming business. They do not care if an individual has fulfilled the laid down procedures or not,” a worker at the gun shop, who requested anonymity, said.

Individuals who also do not meet the requirements to own a gun are bribing the CID officers to make straw purchase sales — buying on their behalf.

When asked if the Police Service was aware of the allegations, spokesperson Zipporah Mboroki told The Nairobian: “I have not received such information. I will go and find out.”