Where is the security at?!


Hallo Nairobi it has been awhile but I am back this time to alert us of insecurity instances that we ought to watch out for.

In 2009/2010 I lost a phone (kabambe phone to be particular) in a rather common way but it is good to mention it so as to alert anyone who might not be aware. It was on a Sunday I was coming from church and had to take a matatu back home.  I called my sister just before getting into the matatu unaware someone was watching me. As soon as I sat as the third person at the row just behind the driver’s row, another passenger quickly came in squeezing himself to fit, notice we were already three (full) meaning he was an excess on that row. I tried to complain, telling him to sit at the empty seats behind us but the driver and conductor intervened saying it was a Sunday and people were in a hurry for church so I should let him stay. I did not suspect anything so I kept my cool.

This guy had a brown envelope which he put on his laps, overlapping to my side. Did I mention I had a handbag? After the call I put the phone into the side pocket of the handbag (old school) and placed it on my thighs. You can guess the envelope rested on my handbag. How he silently managed to pick the phone, I have never figured out till today. That is how I lost my first phone. I must mention my brothers (I am blessed with many, adorable ones at that) tried to help me recover it but it was switched off before we could locate it.

Early 2015, I get into a matatu again on a Sunday after church on the same Ngong road but different church this time. 15-20 minutes into the journey four men get in and distribute themselves perfectly on the empty seats, one siting right beside me. After a short while one of the shouted,”Fungeni belt polisi ndio hao.”(Fasten your sit belts the police are around). The rest of the passengers quickly respond looking for their belts and these four men are ‘so kind’ they actually help us to look for these belts and actually fix for some, never mind they are not concerned about their own sit belts in fact they are standing and moving all over the place looking for these belts for us. Luckily I was seated next to a friend who had experienced this trick before. He alerts me to stay put, check my phone and not worry about the belt. A lady seated behind me was so worried about hers and since she could not find it one of these men was busy helping her out, of course in the process picking her phone from her handbag. My friend tried to alert her but these men had all sorts of abuses for him and at this time they had passed the phone from the pick pocket to the other three.

A similar incident happened yesterday near Ngara and the lady who told the story suffered a mighty blow on the head for trying to alert a fellow passenger about her phone. Very many such stories are told of how people lose their belongings while in traffic jam. You roll down your window for fresh air and somebody is ready to snatch whatever it is from outside and ran. Never make a mistake of running after these thieves, you will regret forever.

We all want a good month ahead so be alert, spread the message and take care of your belongings. Happy new month.

 

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