This archive report was first published on 15 October 2019.
On October 12, 2019, a 22-year-old photographer, Kevin Asiyo, was brutally attacked by a gang of robbers in Kisumu, leaving him unconscious with deep panga cuts on his head.
Asiyo woke up in hospital without his phone, money, bag, and a lens, which was later reported missing at Mambo Leo estate in Kisumu.
The incident brought the number of stolen lenses to 11, according to Opuk Jakinda, the chairperson of Kisumu photographer’s association.
Police at Kisumu Central Police Station have launched an investigation into the incident, and a suspect was arrested while trying to sell a stolen lens.
Photographer Wickey Bleeze was also attacked in his house, with the only item missing being his camera.
‘I was in the house sleeping and when I woke up my door was wide open. Only the camera was missing. The TV and everything else was intact,’ said Bleeze.
