Notorious gang raids, steals from patients in hospital

Edward Nyabogo and Nickson Cheruiyot tell how thugs attacked John Lee International Hospital in Tena estate, Nairobi, on Monday evening. [David Gichuru, Standard]

A few minutes past 7pm on Monday, Edward Nyabogo received a call from his wife asking him to open the gate to their compound so she could drive in. Mr Nyabogo, a clinical officer who runs John Lee International Hospital near his home in Tena estate, left his clinic to open the gate.

But Nyabogo’s wife, who had the couple's 12-year-old nephew in the car, opted to drive to the clinic first. At 7.30pm, just after she arrived at the clinic, a gang of young men armed with pistols stormed in.