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From: Lizette Kraft <lizettekraft@yahoo.co.uk><br>
Subject: Fwd: INSECURITY.......Please beware this happened in CBD
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From: Florence Waiyaki <fwaiyaki@idrc.or.ke><br>
Subject: Fwd: INSECURITY.......Please beware this happened in CBD<br>
Nairobi to He nry.<br>
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Hi team,<br><br>
This came from a a friend of mune and could happen to any of us.
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take time to read and take care.<br><br>
Flo<br><br>
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>Subject: INSECURITY.......Please beware this happened in CBD Nairobi
to He<br>
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>Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:43:11 +0300<br>
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><br>
> I had just made a withdrawal at the BBK ATM along Haile
Selassie Avenue<br>
>next to Agip House. The time was roughly 2.20pm on a Sunday afternoon
(3rd<br>
>April 2005). I walked out of the ATM enclosure having checked outside
as a<br>
>routine measure to ensure no one was stalking me. I walked for<br>
>approximately 100 meters in the direction of the Central bank
building. As<br>
>I approached the CBK pavement, I noticed a car parked at the junction
of<br>
>the road leading to the police headquarters. In the car were four men
who<br>
>seemed to have been waiting for someone. As I passed by, they
beckoned me<br>
>in a rude manner to approach them. I hesitated and my first instinct
was<br>
>to run away because their approach did not fit that of policemen.
Just as<br>
>I made the effort to turn, one of the men in the back seat lunged out
with<br>
>a pistol in hand pointed at me. When I saw the gun I knew there was
no<br>
>escape for me lest I get sprayed with bullets. I froze in my tracks
as the<br>
>gunman approached me and stabbed the barrel of the gun against my
ribs. He<br>
>asked me why I hesitated to approach the car when they
beckoned.<br>
><br>
>The gunman then forced me into the waiting vehicle and sat me between
him<br>
>and another man at the back of the vehicle. I never got a chance to
see<br>
>the vehicles licence plates but at least knew it was a white-grey
Toyota<br>
>corolla 100. Once inside the car, they began to ask me a myriad
of<br>
>questions ranging from where I work to where and whom I live with.
They<br>
>tried to make me believe they were policemen by speaking like
policemen<br>
>and referring to their ring leader as "afande" meaning
leader. They<br>
>inquired whether they had ever arrested me to which I declined. They
asked<br>
>whether I was a land dealer to which I also declined. They asked for
my<br>
>job identification card which I did not carry being a Sunday.
They<br>
>insisted that one has to carry a job ID every day to which I told
them<br>
>that no law requires a citizen to carry a job ID when not at work and
that<br>
>I had my national ID which is enough to identify me.<br>
><br>
>They asked me to call my wife on my cell phone but I told them my
phone<br>
>did not have any credit at that moment. They then asked me to give
them my<br>
>wife's cell phone number. I gave them a fake number which they
pretended<br>
>to call. They told me I was a liar because no one was picking up
the<br>
>phone. They said to that I must be the most wanted criminal they had
been<br>
>looking for. At which time they declared that they were flying
squad<br>
>officers on duty and had been looking for me. They took my wallet
and<br>
>frisked me of all that I had in my pockets.<br>
><br>
>All the while we had been driving around upper hill area taking all
the<br>
>twists and turns available probably to confuse my geography of the
area.<br>
>They returned my wallet intact but minus my ATM card. The man at
the<br>
>co-driver's seat claimed to have returned all my belongings. I told
the<br>
>man seated next to me that his boss had not returned to me my ATM
card. He<br>
>then told me they would hand over the ATM card to me in a while. The
man<br>
>at the co-driver's seat then asked me for my cell phone and I
complied and<br>
>gave it to him. They then drove into what looked like a dead end
somewhere<br>
>between an estate in upper hill and Madaraka estate.<br>
><br>
>Between the two estates is a bushy area penetrated by the railway
line.<br>
>There is a narrow and dusty path that links the two estates through
the<br>
>railway line. The four men then went into a two minute debate on
where<br>
>they would drop me off and settled on the area around the path I have
just<br>
>described. They turned the car around and the man at the co-driver's
seat<br>
>asked me if I was adept at following instructions to which I
affirmed. He<br>
>asked the same question a second time with the same answer from me.
He<br>
>then asked his colleagues at the back to ensure that they had cleaned
out<br>
>my wallet and any money in my pockets. They then proceeded to ask for
the<br>
>PIN to my ATM card with the gun tucked firmly against my stomach.
I<br>
>thought of the consequences of giving a false PIN to them should
they<br>
>discover it if and when they would take me to an ATM machine and
decided<br>
>to give them the correct PIN. This was a decision I made in the
fraction<br>
>of a second because the barrel of the gun was being tucked deeper
against<br>
>my stomach.<br>
><br>
>The vehicle then stopped abruptly next to the path described earlier
after<br>
>they were satisfied it was the correct PIN I had given them. The man
at<br>
>the co-driver's seat asked me whether I loved my wife and Son to
which I<br>
>affirmed. He then told me to listen carefully and do as I was told
lest I<br>
>would never see my wife and son again. I got very tense but tried as
hard<br>
>as I could not to show it. I was then ordered out of the car and
asked to<br>
>walk slowly along the path I described earlier without ever
looking<br>
>behind. The man who had the pistol then corked it and stood behind
me<br>
>watching me walk along the path. I did as I was told and when I got
to the<br>
>railway line I heard the car speed off. I then crossed into
madaraka<br>
>Estate and went to a family friend's house (who previously worked
for<br>
>BBK). Unfortunately there was no one home and I had to walk all the
way to<br>
>the BBK at NIC building.<br>
><br>
>I got to the NIC building and explained to the guards who referred me
to<br>
>the third floor that houses the card center of BBK. I found a
gentleman<br>
>who took my details and promised to stop any further transactions on
the<br>
>ATM card. I then proceeded to Nyayo Police post to make a formal
report.<br>
>To my surprise the duty officer refused to take my statement claiming
the<br>
>crime was not in their jurisdiction and that I had to make the report
at<br>
>the Industrial area police station. I walked to the industrial area
Police<br>
>Station and after another long period of convincing the duty officer,
my<br>
>report was taken into the occurrence book (OB). There were no
abstract<br>
>sheets and was asked to collect the abstract on Tuesday
(5/4/05).<br>
><br>
>On Monday (4/4/05), I called to confirm that the transactions on my
ATM<br>
>card had been stopped and this was confirmed to have been done at
3.10 pm<br>
>on the fateful Sunday. Unfortunately for me the time it took me to
get to<br>
>NIC building was more than enough time for the thugs to make a
withdrawal<br>
>from my account. I discovered they had made away with ksh 18,000
and<br>
>probably hoped to make a second withdrawal on the midnight of the
same<br>
>day. Luckily they did not get to that because the transactions had
been<br>
>blocked by then.<br>
><br>
>In total I lost KSh 2200 in cash, my cell phone, my medical insurance
card<br>
>and the ksh 18,000 which was withdrawn from my account. Am grateful
to be<br>
>alive since these people could have decided to kill me because they
knew I<br>
>had such a good glimpse of them and identifying them would not be
an<br>
>issue.<br>
><br>
>Colleagues, I urge you to beware - these type of incidences happen
in<br>
>broad day light and in areas that we frequent. Some of these
perpetrators<br>
>could be Policemen or their accomplices which makes it even all the
more<br>
>difficult to protect yourself. Personally I have learnt a few
crucial<br>
>lessons which I will share with you here below:<br>
>1. Avoid ATM machines that are close to the highways because there is
easy<br>
>access to escape for such people.<br>
>2. Use ATM machines that are within the compound of other facilities
- it<br>
>makes it much more difficult for such people to track you down.<br>
>3. If possible make your withdrawals for the weekend before the
weekend to<br>
>avoid visiting the ATM's when there are not many people in the
vicinity<br>
>4. Make a mental note of the card center telephone number for your
ATM<br>
>card for quick cessation of transactions on your card should you
loose it<br>
>or fall victim to such criminals<br>
>5. Do not carry your job ID card when not required (carry your
national ID<br>
>instead) - they tend to think that they can tell what amount of money
you<br>
>earn based on the company you work for and job title if it is on the
card<br>
>and by extension how much money you could be having in the
bank.<br>
>6. If you spot three to four people seating in a car that is not
legally<br>
>parked and look like they could be waiting for someone, change
direction<br>
>and do not approach the car.<br>
>7. Remove all indicators of relationships in the address book of your
cell<br>
>phone - a relation of yours could easily be dragged into a
similar<br>
>situation or into a ransom situation.<br>
>8. It may be good practice not to have your family near the ATM as
you<br>
>make withdrawals - leave them in an office or restaurant somewhere
to<br>
>avoid them being involved in such circumstances<br>
>I certainly hope none of you will ever have to go through such
an<br>
>experience. Please be watchful and take into consideration any
security<br>
>tips you get from time to time.<br>
><br>
>Regards,<br>
>Henry.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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