Kenya has too many firearms in the wrong hands

Kenyan authorities do not seem to know the exact number of firearms being held by private citizens. [iStockphoto]

There are too many firearms in the hands of undeserving young men in Kenya.

Although I have not come across any study that precisely shows a correlation between the number of firearms and crime in Kenya, I have reason to believe that many incidents of violent crime in the country are attributable to the proliferation of small arms in the wrong hands.