Tag: boda boda

Bodaboda rider who allegedly kidnapped, raped foreigner arrested

Police in Nairobi have arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped and later raped a foreigner in Oloolua Forest in Rongai, Kajiado County. According to Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Protas Onsongo was arrested in Ngong while trying to flee the city on Saturday afternoon. “Earlier at around 4:30am, the woman in the company of two […]

Mastermind behind viral video of bodaboda gang assaulting woman in Nairobi finally arrested

Zachariah Nyaora Obadia has finally been arrested after a week of search.  Obadia is said to have been the mastermind in last week’s viral video of an incident where a female motorist was sexually assaulted by bodaboda riders along Wangari Mathaai road. In a statement by the DCI, the most wanted suspect was captured in […]

Govt to launch 52 registration centres for bodaboda operators

Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i has said the government will from March 21 launch 52 boda boda registration centres across the country. The centres will be stationed at Huduma Centres countrywide and riders will be issued with smart licenses. “This will allow us to weed out criminals in the boda boda sector,” Matiang’I told […]

Govt to launch 52 registration centres for bodaboda operators

Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i has said the government will from March 21 launch 52 boda boda registration centres across the country. The centres will be stationed at Huduma Centres countrywide and riders will be issued with smart licenses. “This will allow us to weed out criminals in the boda boda sector,” Matiang’I told […]

Another bodaboda rider grabs, run away with police officer’s phone

A bodaboda rider was on Monday morning, August 30, captured by a CCTV footage snatching a mobile phone from a traffic officer along Kang’undo road, Nairobi County. In the amateur video that has been making rounds on social media, the rider is captured carefully calculating his move at an oblivious officer, moments before he strikes […]

Taita Taveta Bodaboda riders run amok, lynch man, injure police officer over colleague’s mysterious death

The border town of Taveta in Taita-Taveta County was on Saturday transformed into a scene of carnage after hundreds of enraged Boda boda riders lynched one man and injured scores of police officers during a violent protest against mysterious murder of a rider. The protests also saw two high-end vehicles torched while two police cars were also […]

Search continues for boda boda operator who defiled 8-year-old minor after tricking her with a bike ride

The boda boda rider defiled the eight-year-old in his house before dropping her off near her home.