1. Ngong Road - The stretch between City Mortuary and Dagoretti Corner is notorious. Criminals usually target Public Service Vehicles (PSVs). They pose as passengers before striking while armed with pistols and crude weapons.
They steal cash and other valuables. Occasionally, they will commandeer a PSV to either Joseph Kangethe Road or near Jamhuri Park where victims are abandoned.
2. Jogoo Road - The Makadara and Hamza bus stages are the most dangerous. The criminals target both public and private motor vehicles. From the PSVs, the carjackers demand cash and personal valuables.
Private cars are either used as getaway vehicles r to block other motorists targeted by the criminals.
Sometimes the stolen cars are either driven to Dandora dumpsite, where they are abandoned, or Kariobangi Light Industries, where they are cannibalized.
3. Forest Road - This road has ruthless criminals. They will pull the trigger at the slightest provocation.
Their motive is never clear, but it is suspected that the criminals are gangs for hire executing specific missions before disappearing into the nearby Karura Forest.
4. Kariobangi Roundabout - Victims in personal cars are trailed before being attacked while approaching this roundabout. The criminals are hardly interested in the car, — it’s either the life or valuables of the targeted motorist.
5. Mombasa Road (between Athi River and Mlolongo) - The gang appears to mainly target top-ofthe- range sports utility vehicles said to be on high demand in Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan. The criminals pull the ‘bump and rob’ trick on victims.
The ploy involves crooks hitting motorists from behind before violently robbing them of either cars, cash or electronic gadgets when the motorists stop to assess the damage.
6. Kangundo Road - Criminals operating on the stretch between Saika estate and Ruai are more interested in personal vehicles. The stolen cars are rarely found.
It is believed they are taken to Kariobangi Light Industries where they are dismantled and their accessories sold as spare parts. Targeted motorists are blocked and those who fail to cooperate are attacked and thrown out of their cars.
7. Gitanga Road - This Lavington leafy suburb stretch harbours bold and armed criminals. They walk on foot after vandalizing streetlights in spots where they intend to operate. Emerging from darkness, they pounce at gunpoint and order victims. They steal their cash, phones and other valuables.
8. South B estate - Flying Squad officers say driving in this estate is risky. They have received many complaints from victims who have lost vehicles to these gangs.
Read more: http://www.sde.co.ke/thenairobian/article/2000186251/areas-in-nairobi-where-you-are-likely-to-be-carjacked
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