TRICKS THUGS USE TO ROB COMMUTERS OF THEIR LUGGAGE AND CASH AT BUS TERMINI

This is common in long distance bus termini, but we can’t dispute the fact that it also happens in termini with buses plying Nairobi routes and its environs.  It doesn't only happen at the most dangerous matatu termini but is wide spread.  When traveling using public means is at times very stressful and tiring. The thugs and robbers take advantage of the situation and confuse the already stressed minds of commuters.  Here below are some of the tactics/tricks criminals use to rob commuters of their luggage and cash.

Ø  Be careful around the guys who run for your luggage as they direct you to board a bus.  It is true that some of them are genuine and would like to help but a few could be robbers and may disappear with your luggage without you noticing it. 

Ø  Before you get into the bus make sure that your luggage has been put into the boot to avoid leaving it at the termini.  This happens whereby, once the passenger gets into the bus the luggage is offloaded without her/his knowledge. 

Ø  As the buses leave the city there are those people who alight on the way before the destination of the bus and as a result of this, passengers may also loose their luggage on the way.  What happens is that when a passenger with a luggage alight, the conductor/tout might offload someone else’s luggage either by mistake or intentionally.  Therefore the passengers are advised to be watchful not to leave their luggage behind.  

Ø  While at the waiting launch, either waiting to travel or traveled at night and waiting for daybreak, be very careful because the robbers also target their victims in those areas.  Here they will sit next to you and wait for you to catch a nap because most likely you are tired from the journey and that is when they attack or even rob from you when you are very awake.

Crime in Kenya can be in many ways therefore it is good to know how these criminals operate.