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Police in Eldoret arrest suspect, recover AK47 and 87 rounds of ammunition

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i inspecting guns impounded at Njipiship in Transmara, Narok County. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

Police in Eldoret on Sunday have arrested a 24 year old man and recovered an AK47 rifle and 85 rounds of ammunition.

Joseph Kiptoo Shikutwa was nabbed by police near his parents' home at Cheptabach in Megun location, and the weapon, which has been buried in a sack recovered.

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