This archive report was first published on 23 June 2021.
Published on June 23, 2021, a brazen mugging incident involving KBC presenter Shiksha Arora has sparked a heated debate on the responsibility of victims in preventing city muggings.
Arora fell victim to a daring robbery while in traffic at Globe roundabout on Monday, just hours after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations urged victims of city muggings to report to the police instead of lamenting on social media.
According to Arora, the mugging happened at around 5 pm while she was headed to Serena Hotel for a re-launch event for KBC. She recounted that a man bent her side mirror backward and walked away, before another man started knocking on the passenger window of the front seat as she was trying to re-adjust her side mirror.
"As I was looking to my left, the third guy slid his hand in through my window and unlocked my car, got into the back seat, grabbed my purse and asked for my phone, at this point in time I was in panic mode, couldn’t say anything," Arora narrated.
She added that the thugs work in teams in broad daylight during peak traffic, and advised people not to roll down their windows when on Globe roundabout.
Responding to Arora’s mugging, Nairobi police boss Augustine Nthumbi said no incidents have been reported recently, but blamed members of the public for not making police reports.
"As far as I know no incidents have been reported yet, but I blame members of the public because most of the time you find that these crimes happen but after the ordeal victims just go home and never makes a police report. It is necessary for the public to make a police report so that we can be able to act," Nthumbi said.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has said security will be enhanced in the city centre.
