A retiree lost Ksh700,000 to a gang of robbers who trailed him from the bank to his home.
63-year-old Alphonce Marindi did not sustain any injuries during the incident but was left in shock. Marindi, a pensioner, said he was robbed moments after he withdrew the money which he said was proceeds from a land sale. Marindi told the police that a bank teller had asked him to go get the land sale agreement before he could okay the transaction. It was then that he proceeded home to get the documents.
Marindi noted that he found the documents later that afternoon, before heading back to the bank to withdraw the money.
After completing the transaction and withdrawing the entire sum, he left the bank and headed back home.
“Immediately I got home, a grey saloon car pulled over in my compound. Four men, all armed and holding radio cells, descended on me and pulled me inside the car in a chokehold. They handcuffed me and drove off,” said Marindi who was later found abandoned at Tande, Malava.
“I couldn’t see the registration number of the vehicle because the occupants had covered the number plate with a newspaper,” said Malava.
Marindi reported the matter to Malava Police Station. Samuel Kimutai, the Head of DCI, Malava confirmed.
“We got the robbery report and have begun investigations into the case,” said Kimutai.
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On Tuesday, January 19, a mob beat up three robbery suspects who are alleged to have robbed a man of Sh320,000 as he left a bank in Nairobi.
The three suspects were rescued from the angry mob by police officers. They were rushed to Mbagathi hospital after they sustained injuries inflicted by the angry mob.
guys need to normalize walking around without cash, kuna mpesa, mshwari, kcb mpesa etc, even pesalink can transact up to 1m per day bila kuitishwa documents.
A fool and his money are soon separated.kwani all electronic money transfers ziko wapi.mimi can’t remember the last time I had more than 10k in cash.mimi mpesa,Visa card payments only.ama hawa niwale huingia club anatoa pesa yote atafute Mia mbili ya kulipa bill ndio watu waone ako na doh.good for him he learnt a bitter lesson
Mguyz alikuwa ameuza shamba so alikuwa amewidhraw cash za kujenga mabrokers. Nilishuhudia hicho kisa live live. Bytha huku deals za shamba huwa handled in cash. Unapata jama ako na mita mbili in cash.
People should normalize cashless transactions. Nowadays you can even walk around with ~600K in your phone. ~300K in Mshwari and ~300K in your normal Mpesa.
Money is for spending. You should be making money to spend it. Most Okuyus spend their whole lives toiling only for their kids to wreck everything they built in one generation. If I give examples I will spend the whole day typing. Such a twisted philosophy towards life. Sad!!!