Taking over the crime world: Why slum beauties turn into killers

Marsha Minaj and Claire Njoki were killed by police officers.Girls as young as 14 years are joining gangs and the Warembo Sacco, an offshoot of the dreaded Gaza Gang, has become an exclusive enclave for the female thugs. Photo: Courtesy

The brutal killing of two pretty gangsters in one week has brought to the fore the trap that many young impressionable women fall into when they are lured into the life of crime.

The allure of quick money, affirmation from society as well as protection from sexual molestation are leading girls barely out of their teens in some of Nairobi’s most deprived estates into a life of crime, and death.