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State directs traders to get ID details of panga buyers in Mombasa

Mombasa County Commissioner Evans Achoki (centre), with County Police Commander Johnstone Ipara (right) and Senator Mohamed Faki at Mombasa's Tononoka Grounds during this year Madaraka Day celebrations. (Standard)

County commissioner Evans Achoki has directed all retail outlets to note down details of those buying machetes in a bid to curb crime.

Addressing Madaraka Day celebrations at Tononoka Grounds in Mombasa, Mr Achoki said the county security committee has resolved that traders dealing in pangas should get details of the national identity cards and telephone numbers of those buying pangas and issue them with receipts to enable the government to monitor them.

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