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News03 September 2024 - 21:05

Types of weapons used during livesctock rustling and banditry

Proliferation of illegal small arms and light weapons cited

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by The Star
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The study by the National Crime Research Centre (NCRC) says that over 300 people have been killed since 2023.

According to the study NCRC, rustling has metamorphosed over time, with implications for change of tact in combating the present form of the menace.

Other proliferation of illegal small arms and light weapons, high levels of ignorance and illiteracy among the youthful population, economic and poverty vulnerability, historical ethnic and inter-community hostility, and competition over scarce natural and economic resources.

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