Suspected stolen Ceska pistol and mobile phone recovered from a suspect in Kisumu/DCIPolice in Kisumu have arrested one suspect and recovered a pistol suspected to have been robbed from a civilian mid-last year.
Police said in a statement on Thursday that the female suspect was also found in possession of a suspected stolen mobile phone reported stolen in late December.
“Police in Kisumu today, January 9, 2025, arrested one suspect at Riat area while in possession of a stolen mobile phone, and upon interrogation, she led the officers to a premise in Mamboleo area where they recovered a Ceska pistol,” the police report said.
“The weapon is suspected to be the one stolen from a civilian, vide the Obunga police station report of 16-7-2024 and the recovered phone as the one robbed off from one a lady on 24-12-2024.”
Police said DCI officers in Kisumu East are handling the case.
According to the Firearms Act, one must have a valid firearm certificate to possess, purchase, or acquire a firearm or ammunition.
The Act says no person shall purchase, acquire or have in his possession any firearm or ammunition unless he holds a firearm certificate in force at the time.
If found guilty of the offence, the Act says “any person who is convicted of an shall, if the firearm is any other type or the ammunition for any weapon not being a prohibited weapon, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five, but not exceeding ten years”.
The law defines the firearms not prohibited as AK47, G3, MP5 and any other as may be specified by the CS of Interior by order published in a Gazette notice.
The law further stipulates a stiffer penalty to any person found by a court of law to have hired or unlawfully permitted another person to take possession of, or use a firearm or ammunition, to advance organised criminal activity.
“Any person who is found in possession of any of the specified firearms without a licence or permit or other lawful justification commits an offence under this Act and is liable to imprisonment for life.
