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Meet Nairobi's daring crime busters who tackle gangsters head on

One of Nairobi’s fearless cops Ahmed-Rashid based in Eastleigh. [Photo/Standard]

They traverse Nairobi’s crime-stricken low-income neighbourhoods like colossuses. The mention of them being in the vicinity sends young adult males scampering for safety. However, to the residents, they are Godsend due to their proven records of tackling gangsters head on.

Human rights activists have, however, questioned their methods of fighting crime due to the number of suspected criminals whose lives have been cut short by the barrels of their guns.

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