Teenager recorded bleating like a goat at police station breaks silence
A teenager who went viral for bleating like a goat at Makupa Police Station in Mombasa after claims he had been bewitched for stealing goats has confessed he staged the entire act.
Speaking during an interview with Oga Obinna on Monday night, June 30, 2025, he admitted to lying to the police and faking the animal sounds to gain sympathy and get a fair fare to Nairobi.
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“Nilikuwa Mombasa na sikuwa na naulli ya kuja Nairobi. Nikaamua niact niliiba mbuzi Nairobi naenda kuomba huko msamaha. Nikaenda kwenye police station na wakaamini.Wakanipandisha gari hadi huku.“
Loosely interpreted as:
“I was in Mombasa, and I did not have transport money to Nairobi. I decided to act as if I had stolen a goat in Nairobi and needed to return to ask for forgiveness. I went to the police station, and they believed me. That’s how I arrived in Nairobi,” he narrated.
During the interview, he also revealed that he was Tanzanian and shared his struggles while growing up. He told Obinna that he dropped out of school because he could not afford uniform.
He added that he wanted to come to Nairobi to find a way back to Tanzania.
In a video that went viral on social media on Saturday, June 28, 2025, police officers were heard trying to interrogate the 16-year-old identified as Barack, but found it hard as he could not speak.
The bleating
Voices of officers were heard asking him his tribe and residence, with one of the officers confirming what else had been reportedly stolen by the man apart from the two goats.
According to the video, Barack appeared calm and responsive.
However, things took a strange turn when he was asked to explain how he came into possession of the goats, his name, when he went to Mombasa, his tribe, and his residence.
While responding to the question about his name, Barack crowed like a rooster before bleating in subsequent questions.
“Jina ni nani?” “What’s your name?”, A female officer is heard asking. A male officer then takes over to enquire about the crime committed, only for the man to bleat.
“Makosa ni nini?… Ulikuja Mombasa lini…..wewe ni kabila gani….nyumbani ni wapi… Uliiba wapi, na mbuzi iko wapi tuwarudishie? ” Which offence have you committed? When did you come to Mombasa? What’s your tribe? Where is your home? Where did you steal from, and where are the goats? We will return them,” the officers were heard asking, but the man bleats like a goat and crows like a rooster while responding to the questions.
