An average of three carjackings’ a day in Nairobi has earned the Kenyan capital the unfortunate nickname "Nairobbery". No one it seems is immune. Not even the president.
Last Wednesday night a bullet proof BMW from president Uhuru Kenyatta’s security convoy was stolen at gunpoint.
The Daily Nation said: "The BMW was stolen from Chief Inspector David Machui Maina, who was driving into his home compound in Utawala, Nairobi, when four armed men confronted him. They forced him into the back seat and drove off. They abandoned him a few metres from the Administration Police Training College in Embakasi six hours later."
The vehicle was recovered in Tororo by Ugandan police and officers from the Kenyan flying squad, a source told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper. However we have received some reports that’s that the car was found in wandegeya 15 hours ago, the exact location seems to be unclear but one thing is for sure, the car was found in Uganda.
A spokesman for the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, had tried to make light of the theft, insisting that it was only a police vehicle and not part of an official motorcade when it was seized. But Kenyan media revealed that it was being driven by a serving police inspector who is part of presidential security staff.
At least three people have reportedly been arrested in connection with the theft: in Nairobi, Nakuru, north-west of the capital, and Bungoma, a town on the border with Uganda.
meanwhile this continues to give ugandans a bad name, in relation to that i think ots vents llike these that make it impossibl;e to get a visa out of uganda and many more opportunities.
what do you think should be done to stop theft in uganda ?
