However bad your economic situation is, crime is not an option. I am not saying this because am a good preacher am just stating it because crime will send you to an early grave.
And this is not a joke, the government has spend billions of shillings in the latest acquisition of over 50,000 new rifles for the over 120,000 police officers.
Some criminals have already tested the wrath of the new guns. I am talking about the six gangsters who were gunned down in the wee hours of Sunday morning after stealing a motorbike and raping a female passenger in Dandora slums.
According to details, the new guns are part of the plans to modernise the country’s security agencies.
The project will see the over 65,000 general duty police officers and their 25,000 border patrol and anti-stock theft unit counterparts armed with the latest model of weapons.
Early this year, both Kenya Police Service (KPS) and Administration Police Service (APS) started receiving new Spanish made CZ Scorpion EVO 3 A1 airsoft rifles and Belgian-made FN SCAR rifles to replace the aging and cumbersome German-made G3 and MP5 rifles.
Police spokesman Charles Owino says the government has put in a lot of money for police modernisation, mostly in technology and weaponry to the advantage of officers, especially in preventive and investigative capacities.
“The world is changing and therefore the need for law enforcement agencies to embrace the change and move with speed,” Owino says.
Government has acquired over 50,000 new assault rifles for the Police.
Belgian made FN SCAR (Special Operation Forces Combat Assault Rifle) and the Spanish made CZ Scorpion EVO 3 A1 airsoft rifle.
The FN SCAR costs Ksh310,000 per piece.#PoliceReformKe pic.twitter.com/9UHWLEv7CX
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In as from February this year, police officers on patrol, at roadblocks and those guarding strategic buildings and institutions have been armed with either beige or black fold-able butt semi-automatic guns that are more convenient and practical either on crowded streets or rural areas.
Introduced in 2009, the CZ Scorpion EVO 3 A1 is a 9mm select fire variant, making it a semi-automatic sub-machine gun. It is a prototype of the Slovakian Laugo sub-machine gun.
The government has spent The new acquisition will include spare parts for the new rifles, training the officers in gun-handling and attachments that the older guns did not have.