A proliferation of street families in Nairobi is once more being experienced. Some Nairobi residents look back to 2015 when US President Barack Obama visited Kenya and the streets were clear of the families with nostalgia. For once in decades, people could walk the streets without worry.
Granted, many of these families have been driven to the streets by the hardships of life and broken families. A bigger majority are children as young as five years old and women carrying toddlers. But even then, there are those who hide behind them to perpetrate crime.