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Where your phones go after being snatched by thugs

Monica Kibe, a resident of Kilimani in Nairobi was waiting to board a matatu to the city centre at around 6 am as usual.

Like any other day, many people had not arrived at the bus stop; then a motorbike carrying a pillion passenger stopped beside her as if to ask for directions to a certain hotel. Before she could respond, her mobile phone worth Sh35,000 was snatched and the motorbike zoomed off, leaving her dumbfounded. Kibe reported the matter to police and obtained an OB number but after several days of making inquiries she gave up the chase.

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