As shared by an anonymous user ■Due to a spate of several incidences of deliberate stubbing, shooting and muggings in the Central Business District, the streets are not safe anymore and everyone needs to look behind their shoulders as they walk and or drive around.
■While making translocation within CBD and indeed any area around Nairobi, you should not get distracted, especially by using phones, when out in public and after dark; remain keen and alert, and be observant to read the mind and body of whoever is coming and anyone behind you.
■Don’t walk around on your own after dark or in quiet, isolated areas or casually display high-value items like laptops, phones and jewellery. Take valuables out that you do not need.
■Avoid motorbikes or bodabodas unless the rider is known to you. Even if the bodaboda is your routine customer, listen to his motorcycle engines, and be more vigilant in the vicinity of Boda Bodas as they are used by criminals to attack, surveil and get away fast from crime scenes. Listening to the engine's change of sounds puts you on high alert if the rider is reducing or increasing the speed at an unexpected place. Equally, the engine sounds of the bodaboda riders will alert you as a pedestrian that the motorbike is nearing you or passing by so that you remain alert.
■If you are in a café, restaurant or any eatery, keep valuable items out of sight to avoid an opportunistic quick grab.
■Remember to keep bag straps firmly around your shoulders and ensure you have held them firmly by your palms. In the event of a sudden grab check if the assailant is armed; leave the valuables immediately, and don't resist. Move very fast from the site alive.
■Make use of safe boxes and lock up valuables instead of carrying them around and familiarise themselves with hotel staff, security guards and other personnel in new environs.
■Walk in groups of at least two or more and familiarise yourself with roads and routes.
■When driving, use your mirrors regularly to spot any suspicious Boda Bodas that might be tailing you. Vary routes to work to avoid a set pattern; use Harambee avenue today and Kimathi tomorrow, and Kenyatta avenue for another day. Don't be a regular of a particular street.
■Always carry a hard copy of emergency contact numbers in case one’s phone is stolen.
■If unsure when travelling, seek advice from G4S and or recognised security responders on what to look out for to avoid falling victim to criminals.
■To foreign National moving around the capital and its outskirts, get G4s escort services. Stay safe and secure.