This archive report was first published on 16 July 2021.
Published on July 16, 2021, women leaders in Nairobi County have urged the government to contain surging cases of abductions, robberies, and killings.
The Nairobi City County Assembly women caucus, led by nominated MCA Doris Kanario, has called on the authorities to scale up security efforts to curb the killings.
According to Kanario, cases of mugging, kidnapping, pick-pocketing, domestic violence, and petty offences have been on the rise in areas such as Zimmerman, where tens of children have gone missing in the last month alone.
“We hope the anti-mugging squad will smug out these thieves in the city,” said Kanario, adding that parents have resorted to keeping their children at home due to fear of the lurking danger.
“The trauma that comes with the abductions and killings is overwhelming to parents and loved ones. It is time the authorities cracked the whip on the perpetrators,” said MCA Elizabeth Nyambura.
The development comes after two bodies were recovered on Tuesday in a thicket near Kabete Approved School in Nairobi, and another was found Wednesday afternoon from a river bank.
