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Private Contractor Behind Kenya’s Gun Factory [PHOTOS]

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  • When President Uhuru Kenyatta gave the green light for one of Kenya’s most secretly undertaken projects, the government was slapped with a possible bill of Ksh15 billion by external experts.

    With the government facing a cash crunch and a citizenry also facing an acute shortage of resources, security officials had to perform a tough balancing act.

    This is how Chalbi Industries grabbed the opportunity to cement itself in the history books to become the company behind Kenya’s first gun factory and in the process saving the government Ksh11 billion. 

    President Uhuru Kenyatta being taken through gun parts at the Ruiru Small Arms Factory on April 8, 2021
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    An impressed President Kenyatta could not hide his satisfaction at what the company had been able to innovate and more so the young brains involved in the process.  

    At current production and demand levels, the factory is already self-sustaining and over the next year, Chalbi Industries faces the task of introducing the 9mm pistols in the production line. 

    The company describes itself as a high precision engineering company providing high-quality machining, fabrication and consultancy services to the general manufacturing industry including both government and commercial markets.

    President Uhuru Kenyatta being taken through gun parts at the Ruiru Small Arms Factory on April 8, 2021
    President Uhuru Kenyatta being taken through gun parts at the Ruiru Small Arms Factory on April 8, 2021
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    Precision engineering is concerned with designing machines, fixtures, and other structures that have exceptionally low tolerances. Low tolerance is design language meaning a low margin of error.

    As you would imagine, accuracy and precision are critical in gun manufacturing. 

    Gun parts at the factory are made using CNC machines which experts say use coded instructions. President Kenyatta stated that the site has a production capacity of 12,000 rifles annually.

    One of the machines, a Deckel Maho 5 axis machine costs more than Ksh54 million. 

    Young innovators are at the heart of the operations and according to Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna, such talent is plucked from universities with the help of lecturers.

    President Uhuru Kenyatta being taken through gun parts at the Ruiru Small Arms Factory on April 8, 2021
    Gun parts manufactured at the Ruiru Small Arms Factory on April 8, 2021
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    Within the next five years, Kenya expects to meet the small arms supply-demand of all of the country’s security forces before upgrading to medium and heavy artillery. 

    The head of state urged that beyond the manufacture of weapons, the company should also help Kenya reinforce its diplomatic standing and pride among the community of nations.

    One of the guns manufactured in Kenya is the CMZ 4 Assault Rifle unveiled by President Kenyatta during a tour to another super-secret government operation at Manyani in Taita Taveta in 2020. 

    According to official communication, the internal diameter of the gun barrel is 5.56×45mm and complies with NATO standards. 

    It shoots bullets that are prone to yaw in soft tissue. A bullet shot with the gun’s muzzle velocity of 875 m/s is likely to yaw and disperse some fragments through flesh and bone, inflicting additional internal injuries to a victim. 

    The gun, which can be used as a semi or fully automatic rifle can hold 30 rounds of ammunition in its magazine. 

    President Uhuru Kenyatta holding the CMZ 4 Assault Rifle made in Kenya at the KWS Law Enforcement Academy in Manyani, Taita Taveta County on October 16, 2020
    President Uhuru Kenyatta holding the CMZ 4 Assault Rifle made in Kenya at the KWS Law Enforcement Academy in Manyani, Taita Taveta County on October 16, 2020
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  • Source: KENYAGIST.COM

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