Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi last week announced a one month time period for surrendering illegal firearms to the authorities. Kenyan radio quoted him as saying that those who handed in their weapons within this period would not be prosecuted. Moi made the announcement as a follow-up to the recently-held Africa conference on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons which took place in Nairobi.
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