This archive report was first published on 20 November 2019.
On November 17, at around midday, a 24-year-old boda boda rider was accosted by members of the public at the OTC stage along Race course road in Nairobi.
He was spotted riding a motorcycle with its registration particulars hidden, and was subsequently frogmarched to Kamukunji police station.
After being interrogated by the station's commander, Chief Inspector Samir Yunus, and Constable Thomas Kikwai, the rider, Jim Patrick Njiru, could not prove ownership of the bike with registration number KMDX 037T.
Njiru was charged with handling suspected stolen property and denied the allegations before Makadara chief magistrate Heston Nyaga.
He was released on a Sh20,000 bond and the case will be heard on March 18 next year. The motorcycle is being kept as an exhibit at the police station.
