Nairobi Goons Confess to Being Hired, Lament Lack of Pay After Protests

Goons who infiltrated protests in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) have come ahead, confessing to being employed by influential people to disrupt the peaceable marches.

While chatting with Citizen TV, a number of of the goons admitted to being paid as little as Ksh50 to trigger disruption, with some even lamenting that they had been short-changed and ended up receiving no cost in any respect.

The goons had been introduced in to create havoc through the protests held on Tuesday, June 17, in honour of Albert Ojwang. Wielding sticks, they unleashed terror on protesters and looted retailers. It was rumoured that the group had been paid by politicians.

Further, the goons had been mentioned to have had the backing of the police, with footage surfacing on-line exhibiting regulation enforcement officers showing detached to the breakdown of regulation and order brought on by the group.

While revealing particulars of their task, the goons famous that their ‘bosses’ had promised to pay them Ksh2,000, however solely after the job was executed.

Most of them got here from casual settlements round Nairobi, equivalent to Kibera and Korogocho. In phrases of numbers, considered one of them disclosed that his group comprised roughly 83 people.

After being mobilised, the goons had been briefed at particular factors throughout town, such because the junction alongside Dennis Pritt Road and Greenpark, from the place they might experience into town on boda bodas.

However, a few of them ended up on the receiving finish of vigilante teams who expressed their displeasure on the disruption of their industrial actions within the title of wreaking havoc.

Several goons sustained accidents, with a few of these interviewed displaying damaged limbs and head trauma.

Notably, considered one of their alleged bosses, the notorious Swaleh, is rumoured to have gone into hiding upcountry, with footage of him on his knees apologising surfacing on-line.

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, who has confronted immense backlash over rumours of sponsoring the goons, got here out strongly to disclaim the claims, even going as far as to supply receipts to show his innocence.

He denied holding secret conferences with Gaucho and Swaleh, the people rumoured to be the hyperlink between the goons and politicians, to plan how the protests could be disrupted.

Reports had alleged that, earlier than the protests, the governor met with a number of leaders, together with Gaucho, a sitting Nairobi MP, an MCA, and the notorious Swaleh, and issued them with funds to sponsor the goons.

However, Sakaja distanced himself from the allegations, clarifying that he was not within the metropolis on the mentioned day. He supplied proof to point out that he had travelled to Lugari and had not convened the alleged assembly.