Armed goons patrolled Nairobi's city centre on Tuesday, attacking and robbing pedestrians.
Businesses around the CBD remained closed as the owners feared that they might be broken into, with Moi Avenue being the most affected area where some goons broke into a computer and phone shop.
Collins Barasa, a guard at one of the computer shops that was broken into, said that the goons had targeted the shop since the demons began and were even issuing him threats. "I went to call the police and by the time they came, the goons had broken into the shop and taken a few items." He alleges that when the police came, they did not help and only repulsed the goons for a moment and as soon as they left the goons came back and took what was left.
Barasa says that he hid some five computers from the looters and that they were then taken by the police. "The police took the five computers and told me to inform the owners of the shop to go get them from the Central Police Station." He sustained a deep cut on his left hand as he tried to fight off the looters.
