Table 1 Key firearm regulatory constitutional areas to be considered in suicides, homicides, and suicide-homicides among security officers in Uganda and Kenya
Key regulatory areas | Uganda’s constitution as promulgated on October 1995 | Kenya’s constitution as promulgated on August 2010 |
|---|---|---|
Regulatory act | Firearms act (1970) | Firearms act (1954) |
Carrying firearm while drunk or disorderly | Any person who, whether by reason of drinking or otherwise, while carrying a firearm, acts in a dangerous or disorderly manner and commits an offence, is liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings (approximately half a US dollar) or to both | Any person who is drunk, or who behaves in a disorderly manner, while carrying a firearm, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand Kenyan shillings (approximately 70 US dollars) or to both |
Penalty for unlawful use of firearms by security officers | Where a person subject to the code commits or attempts to commit an offence against the code, he or she may be arrested with or without a warrant by a police officer higher in the rank | For unlawful use of firearm by police officers, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years and not more than fifteen years and shall, in addition, be automatically dismissed from the public service and, subject to Sect. 113 of the Constitution, forfeit all rights to any pension, gratuity or other payment which may at the date of his conviction have accrued due to him |