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New breed of youth gangs on the prowl in city

Kibera-based gangs have been turned Mlolongo, Mombasa Road, Ngong Road and several estates Kiambu County their hunting ground. PHOTO | FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP.

What you need to know:

  • Four gangsters who live in Kibera slum linked to increasing crime in various parts of Nairobi.

  • Inasmuch as they’re young, the gangsters seem to be so brazen, and they have informers.

  • Detectives believe that they are behind a number of robberies that have been reported in Mlolongo in the recent past.

While Kibera is known as one of Africa’s largest poor urban settlements, where businesses operate for almost 24 hours, it’s now proving to be a home of youth involved in organised crime.

In the last two weeks, police officers based in Ruiru sub-county have been investigating how the gangs operate after preliminary findings linked four gangsters, who live in the area, to increasing crime in various parts of the city.