- A group of youths raided streets in central Nairobi on Tuesday, June 17, not to march but to attack protesters
- The robbers were trapped in a video shooting protesters while others took the opportunity to loot and destroy property
- However, a few days later, the robbers have finally spoken telling how they were hired to infiltrate protest against Lagat
Kenyans gathered in Nairobi’s central trade district on Tuesday, June 17, to protest the brutal killing of Albert Ojwang ‘and demanded that Dig Eliud Lagat resign.
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However, things did not go as expected as the hooligans entered the The procession That, attacking citizens and breaking a business.
Some hooligans were trapped in CBD by motorcycle while warning Kenyans against participating in protests.
Others seemed to march comfortably with a joke ready to attack anyone who went against their wishes.
Were hooligans disrupting protests in Nairobi were promised money?
This raised questions about who planned to have hooligans to hamper peaceful protests.
National Police Service and Governor of Nairobi Johnson Sakaja They denied involvement while condemning the violence shown by the hooligans.
Speaking to Citizen TV, some of the robbers admitted that they were actually hired to make the protest a chaos.
“I was Kawangware But I came to CBD for my normal bodaboda work. I met my colleagues who invited me to join them. We were close to Kanjo. 10 minutes later our names were written, ” One robber said.
“I came with 83 young men from Kibera,” Another robber said.
Some robbers are suffering injuries after being attacked in the protest. Some criticize not being paid after carrying out the orders issued by politicians they did not mention.
“My colleagues and I were given 50 KSh each as our bus fare,” One Goon said
“I had to be given a total of KSh 2000. They said we would receive the money after work. Another man complained.
One man said it was difficult to be paid after the tasks as they could not report the matter to the police because they had no proof that they were hired to disrupt the protest.
“The recording of the video at the city hall was just proof that we did our job, but we have not yet received our payment,” He said.
The region also seized another group of suspects receiving orders at the intersection of Dennis Pritt Road.
Others gathered in Green Park where they also received orders before heading to the city center (CBD).
Did Swaleh Sonko apologize?
This comes a few hours after Swaleh Sonko, kneeling to urge Kenyans to forgive him for leading an attack on Gen Zs during the protest.

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He said that he did not want to get involved in problems with General ZS.
Swaleh said that he was forced to flee Nairobi to his home in Homa Bay when the pressure was over.
The man who baptized himself as the leader of Goon Z said that Kenyans should not pay attention to what he said on social networks as he was a content composer.
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