Agency tells civilian gun owners to appear for vettingChairman of Firearms Licensing Board Charles MukindiaFirearm certificate holders in Nairobi will undergo mandatory vetting from Monday next week. He added that civilian gun holders in other regions will be informed when their vetting will be done. Those exempted from the vetting and not required to book are personnel who are serving and retired from Kenya Defence Forces, National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service, Kenya Wildlife Service, National Intelligence Service, Kenya Forest Service and those from security sector, said Mukindia. SEE ALSO :Private gun holders to be vettedSpeaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Mukindia said there are 15,000 licensed gun holders in the country but almost 3,000 of them have fake licenses. The move follows Monday’s withdrawal of a suit lodged by the National Gun Owners Association to stop planned mandatory vetting of civilian firearm holders.

Source: Standard Digital January 31, 2019 11:26 UTC