Crackdown on daring city centre muggers and pickpockets paying off

The crackdown to curb crime in the CBD, the police say, is proving effective as many suspects are arrested [Courtesy]

The ongoing crackdown on gangs behind the surge in muggings in Nairobi is increasingly testing the ability of the police to deal with crime through the tools available to them, including closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

With over Sh14 billion spent in the last two years to wire the city with CCTV cameras and more billions spent on leasing cars for them, it had been assumed the era of muggings in Nairobi’s CBD had gone.