Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Monday flagged a new wave of insecurity in Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD), citing an alarming rise in attacks targeting members of the public. Sonko took to his interactive X page, where he claimed criminal gangs armed with crude weapons were operating openly in the CBD, preying mostly on women. "Cases of thugs using crude weapons like knives, machetes, and real and toy guns to steal from unsuspecting members of the public within the CBD have become rampant.
Their main target is women," Sonko stated.
The former county boss proceeded to urge the National Police Service to intervene in the alarming trend to restore public safety in the busy capital.
Sonko specifically called for the arrest and prosecution of suspects believed to be behind the wave of street-level attacks. An image of goons who had infiltrated protests in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) in the company of police officers on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
