Security Incidents August 10 - 15 2009
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Martin Ikenya
Aug 20, 2009, 7:36:56 AM8/20/09
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Monday August 10, 2009
Robbery, Uchumi Supermarket along Ngong Road
Kidnapping, Gigiri
Mrs. Jane Murimi, the wife of a Nairobi real estate developer, and her family are well-off and live in Kyuna, where crime is not an everyday concern. Her husband disappeared on Tuesday and the family made frantic efforts to contact him. His cell phone had been switched off. After spending an anxious night not knowing whether her husband was safe, Mrs. Murimi received a call from a man who informed her that they had her husband and everything would be fine if the family paid Sh. 2.5million at a location to be communicated by the kidnappers. The caller instructed her to buy another cell phone line and send the number to kidnappers via SMS. She was also warned not to use the number to call anyone else.
The family was shocked and decided to go to the police to make a missing person’s report. The kidnappers, according to Mrs. Murimi called with a chilling message delivered in Kiswahili: “Tunaona mumeanza kuwa wajanja (we see you are becoming crafty)”. Horrified, Mrs. Murimi called the family and friends to decide what to do. She was even more shocked to hear that some of those present had gone through the same experience. One man confessed that he had already given his wife Sh. 300,000 to keep at hand in the event he was kidnapped.
Mrs. Murimi was advised not to involve the police but to pay the ransom, which she was assured, could be negotiated to as low as Sh. 300,000. When the criminals called next, she informed them that she did not have Sh. 2.5 million and the sum was negotiated to Sh. 450,000. But it is the operation to deliver the ransom which shows how experienced the kidnappers had become. She was asked to take the money to the Ambassador Hotel bus stop in downtown Nairobi. Once there, she was told to get into a nearby bakery to buy two loaves of bread and come out.
When she informed the kidnappers that she feared walking around that area with such a large amount of money, she was told not to worry; the gangsters were watching and protecting her. With her two loaves and hoard of money, she was instructed to go to Accra Road and take a matatu to Dandora. Enroute to Dandora, the kidnappers called her and told her not to fear because she was being protected and nothing bad would happen to her.
At St. Teresa’s Girls High School in Eastleigh, she got yet another call and was instructed to alight at the next bus stop. She alighted at Moi Air Base. Two men got off the matatu with her and lingered around until she got another call to board yet another Dandora matatu. In Dandora, a caller directed her to a deserted lane leading to a building. Two men struck a conversation with her. Again the phone rang and she was assured she was in “good company”, she would not be harmed. A third man joined them and they went to a place where she handed over the money.
On getting home, her husband called. His kidnappers had just dumped him at the Githurai roundabout. He had been snatched at Gigiri on his way home from a business lunch in Kiambu.
Mungiki, Huruma Estate
Police at the weekend arrested 21 suspected members of the outlawed Mungiki sect. The suspects aged between 17 and 25 were found taking an oath in Huruma Estate in Nairobi near Kiamaiko market on Saturday. They were found with paraphernalia police believe were used for the ceremony.Robbery, Uchumi Supermarket along Ngong Road
Four suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents in Nairobi at the weekend, as police stepped up the war against crime. The first incident took place near Uchumi Supermarket along Ngong Road where police frustrated attempts by a gang to raid the premises.
Car jack, Thika Road
Earlier on the police killed three suspected thugs who attempted to car jack a matatu along Thika Road and recovered a home-made gun. The gang had ordered the driver to park on the roadside near Muthaiga Primary School but he defied them and rammed the matatu near the nearby police station. Officers on patrol noticed the commotion and rushed to the scene, where they killed the suspects who tried to escape.Tuesday August 11, 2009
Murder, Highridge Estate
Coporal Galdayo Hussein had been entrusted with the President Kibaki’s safety. After escorting him up to State House, Nairobi, Hussein drove back to his residence in Highridge Estate when gunmen struck, killing him on the spot. Hussein had just bought miraa (khat) valued at Sh. 300 and a packet of cigatettes. He had returned to his Toyota Prado car, where his brother was waiting, when the gunmen pulled him from his car. They then shot him three times at close range and escaped on foot.
Kidnapping, Gigiri
Mrs. Jane Murimi, the wife of a Nairobi real estate developer, and her family are well-off and live in Kyuna, where crime is not an everyday concern. Her husband disappeared on Tuesday and the family made frantic efforts to contact him. His cell phone had been switched off. After spending an anxious night not knowing whether her husband was safe, Mrs. Murimi received a call from a man who informed her that they had her husband and everything would be fine if the family paid Sh. 2.5million at a location to be communicated by the kidnappers. The caller instructed her to buy another cell phone line and send the number to kidnappers via SMS. She was also warned not to use the number to call anyone else.
The family was shocked and decided to go to the police to make a missing person’s report. The kidnappers, according to Mrs. Murimi called with a chilling message delivered in Kiswahili: “Tunaona mumeanza kuwa wajanja (we see you are becoming crafty)”. Horrified, Mrs. Murimi called the family and friends to decide what to do. She was even more shocked to hear that some of those present had gone through the same experience. One man confessed that he had already given his wife Sh. 300,000 to keep at hand in the event he was kidnapped.
Mrs. Murimi was advised not to involve the police but to pay the ransom, which she was assured, could be negotiated to as low as Sh. 300,000. When the criminals called next, she informed them that she did not have Sh. 2.5 million and the sum was negotiated to Sh. 450,000. But it is the operation to deliver the ransom which shows how experienced the kidnappers had become. She was asked to take the money to the Ambassador Hotel bus stop in downtown Nairobi. Once there, she was told to get into a nearby bakery to buy two loaves of bread and come out.
When she informed the kidnappers that she feared walking around that area with such a large amount of money, she was told not to worry; the gangsters were watching and protecting her. With her two loaves and hoard of money, she was instructed to go to Accra Road and take a matatu to Dandora. Enroute to Dandora, the kidnappers called her and told her not to fear because she was being protected and nothing bad would happen to her.
At St. Teresa’s Girls High School in Eastleigh, she got yet another call and was instructed to alight at the next bus stop. She alighted at Moi Air Base. Two men got off the matatu with her and lingered around until she got another call to board yet another Dandora matatu. In Dandora, a caller directed her to a deserted lane leading to a building. Two men struck a conversation with her. Again the phone rang and she was assured she was in “good company”, she would not be harmed. A third man joined them and they went to a place where she handed over the money.
On getting home, her husband called. His kidnappers had just dumped him at the Githurai roundabout. He had been snatched at Gigiri on his way home from a business lunch in Kiambu.
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