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1 results foundAuthor: Bevan, James Title: Blowback: Kenya's Illicit Ammunition Problem in Turkana North District Summary: Kenya has an ammunition problem. The Government of Kenya is fully aware of the symptoms, but it is not aware that it plays a large role in nurturing them. Turkana North District is afflicted by some of the most intense armed violence in the region. The wars that rage between the pastoralist communities in the district and neighbouring regions of Sudan and Uganda are fuelled by a steady supply of small arms ammunition. The research presented in this paper provides strong evidence of a systematic unofficial initiative to supply the Turkana pastoralist groups with Kenyan government ammunition. It finds that the Kenya Police supplies almost 50 per cent of the ammunition that circulates illegally in Turkana North, ostensibly to provide the Turkana with some defence against rival groups in Sudan and Uganda. Details: Geneva: Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 2008. 108p. Source: Internet Resource: Small Arms Survey Occasional Paper No. 22: Accessed November 9, 2010 at:http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP22-Kenya.pdf Year: 2008 Country: Kenya URL: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP22-Kenya.pdf Shelf Number: 120266 Keywords: Gun ViolenceGuns (Kenya)Weapons |