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Notorious Nairobi urchin peels off from the terror cocoon to become instrumentalist

Notorious urchin peels off from the terror cocoon to become instrumentalist

If you see me today, I would have a hard-time convincing you that I was once a hardcore street bully who thrived on harassing passersby.

This lifestyle, however, came to a screeching halt after my attempt to rob a lady of her Samsung handset was thwarted by the man she was with. I had just pulled away from a nine man criminal gang that I originally operated from and had set out on my own to visit terror on innocent citizens.

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