Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has, by all means, tried to return back the lost glory and sanity of Nairobi. We may not see a change overnight but hey, let’s give credit where its due even though it is not 100% perfect. The capital city was stinking, with hawkers gambling for space with pedestrians on footpaths, street children all over town and muggers wrecking havoc on Nairobians but nowadays there is some little change to the narrative.
Security has been beefed up in places which were known hotspots for mugging but muggers adapt fast to the new environmental conditions and improvise new mugging techniques and survive either way. You can be still mugged in Nairobi if you are not careful.
Muggers pick on victims who are either naive or careless with their property or look just “appealing”. Expensive jewelry, phones on hands and laptop bags are some of the few things which usually put you up for ‘grabs’. Below are some of the streets where you are likely to be mugged in Nairobi which requires you to exercise extra caution while on these streets.
1. Tom Mboya Street
2. River Road
3. Racecourse Road
4. Jamia Mall lane
5. Tuskys Imara area
6. KTDA Moi Avenue
7. Kimathi Street
8. Ronald Ngala Street
9. Temple Road
10. Hatika Road
11. Railways Bus Terminus
12. Behind Nation Centre
13. Embassava bus stage
14. Luthuli Avenue
15. Accra Road
16. Muindu Mbingu
17. KFC
18. Taifa Road
This list was comprehensively compiled through public consultation and general knowledge, if you feel there is the need to add or correct this article, kindly mail us below
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