A Nairobi businessperson is counting losses of goods amounting to Ksh400,000 after the establishment's customers of three months drilled a hole and broke into the shop.
Speaking to the press, an employee of the cyber cafe business located in the Utawala Area of Nairobi noted that the incident occurred in January but the perpetrators are yet to be brought to book.
The owner shared CCTV footage recorded on the fateful day which showed that the two suspects had been customers at the shop for three months.
The employee, Eucabeth Gabby, noted that the suspects jumped over a wall before drilling through the wall that they used to access the shop.
"They jumped over the perimeter wall and drilled through the wall and accessed the premises through the back," she recalled.
"The incident set us back because the photo studio has been affected and we could not reinstall the PS. We have only regained a few accessories for the cyber cafe and have been forced to close down because we do not have enough resources to return to operations."
The owner reported the incident to Mihang'o Police Station and shared the CCTV footage with detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) but arrests are yet to be made.
Gabby revealed that a PlayStation screen was stolen alongside other machines used at the cyber cafe during the incident that occurred at around 11:30 pm.
"They were our customers and we suspect they harboured plans to steal because they never paid with mobile money, all their transactions were in cash," she added.
"It seems they have been investigating this because they had a lot of information when they visited."
The latest crime report from the National Crime Research Center released in November 2022 indicated that burglary and housebreaking was the most common type of crime in Nairobi at 58 per cent.
Other suspects were involved in other criminal activities including stealing, theft of stock especially domestic animals, and possession of illicit brew.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has directed his Ministry to combat crime activities countrywide after a recent uptick in banditry.
