Voluntary gun surrender: A turning point in Elgeyo Marakwet's security landscape

A herder with his gun and livestock in the vast north.[Courtesy]

Recent weeks have seen encouraging signs in the often-perilous landscape of the North Rift. Residents in Elgeyo Marakwet County are voluntarily surrendering illegal firearms.

In Tot, Olot sub-county, for example, community members handed over two AK-47 rifles, G3 rifles and magazines. In a wider gesture, on 17^th September 2025, forty-one illegally held firearms were surrendered in the county.