A source revealed this to our informer yesterday and said that the importation of illegal small arms was high in Uganda due to the weak arms embargoes in Uganda. Uganda controls the importation of sugar, salt and cars but it reduces the surveillance on importation of illegal firearms.

Importation of illegal firearms has led to the loss of lives in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Southern Sudan among other African countries.

Uganda recently signed on an Arms Trade Treaty in a bid to bar importation of illegal firearms such that it uses it to control the inflow of the illegal firearms into Uganda. Uganda is among the countries in the world much affected by the importation of illegal guns.

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Intelligence network in Uganda has started investigating claims that some Ugandans sell guns and ammunitions to Kenya. Sources in Uganda’s security told our informer that some of the people involved in illegal firearms trade include policemen and members of other security organs. It is said that the armed officers in the army, and police collude with civilians in both Kenya and Uganda in selling ammunitions to wrong hands in Kenya.

The Uganda government last week arrested four people including a police officer who allegedly murdered a Belgian tourist at the slops of Mount Elgon in Kapchorwa district while they were smuggling guns to Kenya. The suspects were identified as Fred Kipsang, a special police constable attached to Kapchorwa police station, his brother Patrick Chebules, Kenneth Chepkurui and Moses Chemutai.

The commissioner for political education in Uganda police, Christopher Kwerit, confirms that some of the police officers are involved in arms trade in Uganda and Kenya.

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