Re: [Skunkworks] OT:Laptop stealing in Nairobi Buses
Hi
And the laptops ends up being sold to a Skunk as ‘refurbished’. Question
is how can innocent buyers differentiate EX UK laptop and a stolen ones??
Now you are talking.. I think second hand market is the biggest drive for this vice. If there is one thing one can personally do to improve this world, it's never ever buy second hand hardware from anybody you don't know. Buy new and live knowing you didn't motivate a desperate person into theft. In my view, people who buy stuff from street are worse than these guys. Pole Cynthia for your misfortune Muriithi
From: Christine Mutheu Kisilu via skunkworks [mailto:
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 4:06 PM To: Joseph Maina; Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] OT:Laptop stealing in Nairobi Buses
Cynthia Pole sana. Worse still is they use their masculine advantage over the woman and you can find your self stripped literary and of course of your dignity to make sure you will not raise your voice again or alarm. My sister lost her wallet like that. They drop keys, coins, shout warning signs like "karau" for you to look for seat belts so that they can make oyu lose concentration and most of the time they are never armed. they are always in cahoots with the mat drives, conductors and cops. My friend was once threatened for insisting to report the at kilimani. Yes they even offered to take her to the cop station assuring her that they would be out in 30 mins tops. As a campus student 10 years ago i fell prey to one such a gang and since then i learned to be wary and aware of my circumstances. Once In my folly a few years later, I was expecting my First born i went head to head with such a gang on Waiyaki way since i decided i will not change matatus. I was too hungry, tired and hormonal. Turns out they were armed. Thank God for letting them alight half way through the journey without harming us. But once i saw the gun, fake or not, i learned to keep quiet and mind my own business.
With Regards,
Christine.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Joseph Maina via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Guys
Its an organised cartel , especially on the Double M Buses, plying City center - Community - upper hill - Kenyatta. Unless the police intervene, they know that most of this people plying that route are vulnerable(for the lack of a better word , most of them do not reside in Nairobi, ), KASNEB, TSC, Milimani Court, Lands, and not To mention KNH.
Try to report to Capitol Hill Police station , they will laugh you off asking the Bus Number ( may be to later come demand they share of the loot)
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Tusker 21 via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
The only way we can try to address the situation is only by being vocal about it. I guess it starts by you. You pointing it out while it happens. Its not an issue of us saying someone else will handle it.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Dennis Waweru via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
This guys are normally in Citi hoppa buses. They work very closely with the conductors.
Double m and KBS buses know them and are very wary on let them board their buses.
According to my research this are the guys who do carjackings and other violent crimes at night but are pick pockets during the day.
Take note of their MO (mode of operation) below:
1. They are in a group of 4 or 5.
2. They are all middle aged men with bloodshot eyes.
3. They are usually dressed in casual clothes,( jeans, t-shirt, casuals shirts and sweat shirts)
4. They stake out a victim who is not wary of his/her surroundings, especially people on a call, or deep in conversation with a seatmate or just absent minded.
5. They fein having dropped a coin or keys.
In all they conduct a surgical operation and have strength in numbers to back each other up in case of a confrontation.
Please beware
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This happens a lot, problem is if you try to help and you are a lone ninja, the gang will very quickly silence you. They are known I believe to the police and the conductors. Some years back, they tried the drop coin on me so that they could snatch my neighbors phone. Told them I cannot see it. so the main guy asked me to get up from my seat so that he can look for his coin. At the time, I had thought it was genuine until the guy refused to get off my seat and asked me to get a seat elsewhere. So I just stood next to him staring at him with 'where are your manners' eyes.
Then a guy 2 seats ahead of me shouted at me, 'Kaa chini huko mbele wewe, utashikwa na kanjo'. 'Wakinishika tutaenda na wewe? I retorted. Wacha kanju wafanye kazi yao na wewe ufanye yako!' I continued. Wait a minute, a 3rd and a 4th guy chipped in asking me to move away and sit somewhere else. Then I noticed a pattern in their eyes red, tired and bluffly stern. Getting back to the main guy, he had started chatting up my seatmate. "Umepata pesa yako?" I asked, genuinely:). Then I realized its a gang and they all boarded at the same time hapo GPO. One of them was trying to establish eye contact with me to issue me a threat.
Meanwhile with all the questioning, every other passenger is quietly minding their business. What if the whole bus is a gang save me and my seatmate? My seatmate was now aware and held everything to himself as I did a ninja-alight. One of the guy coming after me."Tutakumaliza wewe!". So Cynthia pole, but just understand may be guys have had nasty experiences trying to be Ninjas and Zorros and stories are many out there.
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Alvin Jason Ochieng via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Surely is CBD that bad ?
Pole Cynthia ....
Regards,
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Tusker 21 via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Sorry Cynthia,
I guess if you even genuinely drop something. the social norm is to ignore it.
On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 1:44 PM, mabeya conseray via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Sorry cynthia. This is sad, witnessed the same odeal some time back at GPO and was shown a bonoko when i tried to raise an alarm.Almost collapsed.
On Jul 17, 2016 1:32 PM, "Joseph Tintale via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Cynthia, Very sorry about what you went through. On the other hand, I'm certain you may have read about the coin being dropped before. Just wondering how you were willing to pick it for them?
On 17 Jul 2016 11:21, "Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
The other day I was boarding a bus at Kenyatta stage near Nairobi Hospital and I saw a fifty Bob note on the floor of the bus as I was entering the bus. I just ignored it, even altering the person who was a few steps from it.
From the stories I've read of money being dropped in the bus, I didn't want to be a victim.
It so appealing that many people never bother to help, despite the obvious need for assistance.
On Jul 16, 2016 5:39 PM, "Cynthia Wahome via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Yes Claude No one even bothered.They were just looking.
Cynthia, pole sana for the incident, I hope you are okay. Are you saying no one in the bus helped you at all?! And at GPO of all places with guards and people everywhere?
On Jul 16, 2016 06:52, "Cynthia Wahome via skunkworks" < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hello All Just thought i would highlight my plight.I had heard of this but i
never
thought it could happen to me. A few days ago i boarded a bus heading back to town from Mombasa road. I had my bag with my laptop inside. Everything was fine until the moment i received a phone call from my boss and we began talking.The conversation continued for quite some time. Little did i know that some two four guys(i assume they were four in total) i was seated at the window and two guys came and sat next to me. i didnt think much of it at the time.
As we reached GPO one of them behind me dropped some coins and asked me to pick it up for him.I think that was when they opened the bag and got it.not really sure.On a serious note,i dont know how these guys were that good.. By the time i screamed..they had confronted me and i was down. What really pissed me off is Nairobians can see a lady on a bus being mugged and do nothing about it.They just watch.
These thieves are very dangerous and they can get physical. Please be aware
Regards Cynthia.
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