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Boda boda thugs: unregulated operators increasingly involved in crime spree around city

On a warm Sunday morning, Keagan Githua was leisurely strolling within serene Ridgeways estate on his way back home when two men riding on a motorbike suddenly stopped beside him. Before he could figure out what the strangers were up to, the 24-year-old was on the ground writhing in pain.

He had been stabbed in the chest and robbed of his mobile phone and shopping in an attack that happened in a split second at around 10 am.

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