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Murkomen says 3,000 illegal firearms in the hands of cattle rustlers

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen suspects that the firearms come through porous borders. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said more than 3,000 illegal firearms are in the hands of criminals blamed for cattle rustling, banditry and other insecurity incidents in Northern and Eastern parts of the country.

Murkomen suspects that the firearms come through porous borders, citing the insecurity along the South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopian borders.

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