Police recover two pistols dumped in Kilimani
Kilimani CID boss George Ojuka (centre) at the scene where two pistols were found along Kilimani Road, few metres from Nairobi Women's Hospital.
Police recovered two pistols and 14 rounds of ammunition on Friday in Kilimani, Nairobi.
This brings to about ten, the number of firearms recovered in Nairobi in the last one week.
Kilimani OCPD Peter Kattam said that the firearms were found dumped at a culvert along Kilimani Road, about 30 metres from the Nairobi Women’s Hospital.
The bag contained the two pistols, a white skull cap, and a gun cleaning cloth. It was first seen by a security guard who then alerted the police.
Mr Boniface Owiti, a supervisor with Seneca Security, told Saturday Nation that while on normal patrol, he saw children looking at a white polythene bag beside the road.
“I went there and after keenly looking at the contents I realised that there were two pistols inside. Then I called the police who arrived five minutes later,” he said.
The OCPD however said that the suspects who dumped them there were yet to be known. “We have intensified security operations within the area especially now that we have the Easter holidays,” he said.
On Monday morning, officers from the Special Crime Prevention Unit (SCPU) shot dead three suspects and recovered a mini Ceska loaded with 5 rounds of ammunition.
Police records show that other firearms have also been recovered in other parts of the city.
On Tuesday, officers from Buruburu shot dead four suspects along Manyanja road in Tena and also recovered a pistol. Other suspects are said to have escaped with an AK47 rifle
On Wednesday night, a chef at Jam Rescue recovered an UAE made Caracal pistol loaded with 8 rounds of 9mm ammunition along Jogoo Road. Other firearms have been recovered in Kariobangi, Kabete, Embakasi and Langata.
The city has witnessed an increase in armed attacks especially in the upmarket residential places. Early this month, a United Nations director wrote to the government to ensure safety of their staff following increase in violent attacks targeting them.
United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) Director-general Ms Sahle-Work Zewde wrote to the government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing concern that the rate of carjacking and violent robberies over the first quarter of 2014, in comparison to the same period in 2013, had doubled while the residential armed break-ins had tripled.
The UNON had on January 22, raised alarm to the government over the insecurity and later, on March 20, a meeting was held between the UNON boss and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amb Amina Mohammed.
“The UNON wishes to report that since the meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, UN staff members have been the victims of further violent crimes in Nairobi. Over the evening of March 26/27 alone, there were three separate break-ins to staff residences and one attempted break in,” read part of the letter.
