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Models re-enact how boba boda ridding thugs snatch bags from pedestrians. The new way of crime is gradually on the rise in Nakuru town. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]
NAKURU COUNTY: The confidence which motorbike cyclists, commonly known as “boda bodas”, had gained from the public is slowly losing its sheen as a new wave of crime gains notoriety.
Our investigation has revealed a shrewd crime in Nakuru with worrying statistics of people robbed of their valuables while police remain clueless and many incidents go unreported. Robbers conspire with some boda boda operators, who amid the thrilling speed, they handbags and other items from innocent pedestrians, mostly ladies.
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