Mathare is robbers’ paradise due to unemployment, drugs

"Violent youths mostly under influence of drugs stage their brazen crimes in broad daylight but the risk rises at the fall of dusk."

by GORDON OSEN

Nairobi14 March 2025 - 09:49

In Summary

MN has been a victim of the crime. It was in December last year when he had just finished his work as a matatu tout at 9pm and was walking a stretch of 10 minutes to his house.
Four young men jumped on him at a dark corner. They cut him with a sharp knife, leaving him with multiple injuries.

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