Nairobi, April 6 -- Kenya appears to be on a weapons buying spree, as the country goes for more sophisticated, modernised equipment to fight crime.

This was part of what Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki commissioned last week, Sh7.6 billion worth of state-of-the-art police equipment.

President William Ruto has vowed that modernisation of security equipment was just getting started, with a meeting of top security officials with the Head of State last week, resolving that Kenya will provide additional air support to back security men, with the Interior Ministry asked to expedite its police equipment modernisation plan.

The government has already announced that a projected allocation of Sh29.4 billion over the next three years w...