Nairobi ‘boda boda’ chaos leaves rider killed, officer injured

Boda Boda Association of Kenya, Secretary-General Kenneth Onyango addresses the press on September 25, 2021 at Kirinyaga Road.[Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Kirinyaga Road and a section of downtown Nairobi were yesterday turned into a battle zone which left a boda boda rider dead and a police officer fighting for his life at a Nairobi hospital ICU.

Although the exact cause of the chaos is unknown, according to boda boda riders who spoke to The Standard, it began when 30-year-old Rabin Patel Ogeto was flagged down by a police officer on patrol for riding on the wrong side of Kirinyaga road.