Kenya burns 5,250 guns to discourage illegal weapons

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's deputy president on Tuesday set ablaze more than 5,250 firearms seized by authorities to discourage the circulation of illegal weapons in a country battling extremist violence.

Most of the firearms were collected through voluntary surrender, others from violent criminals that were recovered by security personnel and some from the government's disarmament efforts, he said.

Armed violence, community conflict, cattle rustling, poaching violent crime is what makes this illicit firearm dangerous for our country, he said.