EA to take stock of progress made in curbing illicit flow of small arms

UN commanders in South Sudan inspect confiscated guns in 2014.

UN commanders in South Sudan inspect confiscated guns in 2014. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda are among the member states that will be taking stock of the progress they have made in the last 22 years since they signed the Nairobi declaration to curb the flow of illicit small arms and light weapons (SLAW) in the Great lakes region and horn of Africa.

Regional Centre on Small and Light Weapons member states will be meeting in Nairobi next week to check on milestones achieved in the wake of increased military coups, armed conflicts, violent crime and extremism, communal violence, transnational crime and political instability in the two regions.