The government has announced that it raided three homes in Nairobi's Karen neighbourhood in search of 23 guns allegedly used to carry out unlawful operations in the country during the ongoing anti-government rallies.
In a message to newsrooms on Friday night, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said security services had been entrusted with searching the region as part of a more extensive operation to filter out civilian handgun holders and leaders of known criminal gangs.
Following former President Uhuru Kenyatta's announcement that his son Jomo's home in Karen had been raided, the statement stated that the firearms confiscated would be investigated to guarantee that they had not been used illegally.
CS Kindiki said an operation was carried out targeting three homesteads in the Karen area where 23 firearms, some suspected of being used in illegal activities, are kept.
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Kindiki reported that a suspect was apprehended on Wednesday at the start of the protests while possessing primitive weapons, documents, and Ksh.42 million, which officials assume was used to support crime.
According to the CS, the individual had 14 machetes, 24 swords, 46 rungus, and almost 300 sachets of narcotic narcotics, including cannabis sativa and cocaine.
As a result, he has denied suggestions that the raids are political, stating that the government will continue to pursue gun owners in Nairobi to root out those who help and abet a crime.
