Meria
Elder Lister
Residents of Tena estate in Umoja have raised concerns over rising cases of theft targeting school uniforms aired on the cloth-lines, and TV antennas sitting on the roofs.
According to the residents, the thieves also target shoes and other valuables often left outside the house.
The thieves are said to have formed the tendency of patrolling the night looking and sweeping for valuables that may have been left outside.
The residents are worried and are cracking their heads because the unidentified people are increasingly gaining unrestricted entry into residential flats without breaking into them.
“They might be jumping over the perimeter walls, or they could be using a master key of sort to open the main gate.
“Then they proceed to collect everything they come across. On Saturday night I went to bed late because I had some visitors.
“I slept at about 1:00 am. In the morning, I woke up to a shocking sight of cleared hanging lines. The school uniforms including clothes for my new-born baby were gone,” said Martha Atieno, a resident of the estate.
She says the thieves only left the wet clothes, but took away a load of clothes that had dried up.
Speaking on the matter, the area chief Mrs. Veronica Muli said she was yet to receive any formal complaint.
“I urge the residents to report such cases to our offices promptly so that we can take decisive action. As it is, I have not received any reports,” said Muli.
Another resident who asked us not to reveal her identity said she also lost clothes on the cloth-line.
A few others have lost TV aerials and even shoes.
One such resident is John Koros who said he lost his shoes and a TV aerial at night.
“I remember I woke up Sunday morning and switched on the TV. My son wanted to watch cartoon, but it could not connect because it had no signal.
“I went outside to check if the Arial had issues, and that’s when I learned that it was missing,” Koros said.
He asked around to try and find out if anyone had seen his aerial – and to his shock, many of those he spoke to had lost their aerials at one point or another – under similar circumstances.Asked why they had reported the matter to the police or the chief, the residents claimed it is hard tracing stolen clothes, shoes and TV antennas.
They, however, asked the police to tighten security in the area.
“We are urging police to heighten their night patrol within the area as we think of alternate ways of safeguarding our property.”
Meanwhile the chief asked members to report cases to the police or better still file reports to Nyumba Kumi officials in the area.
According to the residents, the thieves also target shoes and other valuables often left outside the house.
The thieves are said to have formed the tendency of patrolling the night looking and sweeping for valuables that may have been left outside.
The residents are worried and are cracking their heads because the unidentified people are increasingly gaining unrestricted entry into residential flats without breaking into them.
“They might be jumping over the perimeter walls, or they could be using a master key of sort to open the main gate.
“Then they proceed to collect everything they come across. On Saturday night I went to bed late because I had some visitors.
“I slept at about 1:00 am. In the morning, I woke up to a shocking sight of cleared hanging lines. The school uniforms including clothes for my new-born baby were gone,” said Martha Atieno, a resident of the estate.
She says the thieves only left the wet clothes, but took away a load of clothes that had dried up.
Speaking on the matter, the area chief Mrs. Veronica Muli said she was yet to receive any formal complaint.
“I urge the residents to report such cases to our offices promptly so that we can take decisive action. As it is, I have not received any reports,” said Muli.
Another resident who asked us not to reveal her identity said she also lost clothes on the cloth-line.
A few others have lost TV aerials and even shoes.
One such resident is John Koros who said he lost his shoes and a TV aerial at night.
“I remember I woke up Sunday morning and switched on the TV. My son wanted to watch cartoon, but it could not connect because it had no signal.
“I went outside to check if the Arial had issues, and that’s when I learned that it was missing,” Koros said.
He asked around to try and find out if anyone had seen his aerial – and to his shock, many of those he spoke to had lost their aerials at one point or another – under similar circumstances.Asked why they had reported the matter to the police or the chief, the residents claimed it is hard tracing stolen clothes, shoes and TV antennas.
They, however, asked the police to tighten security in the area.
“We are urging police to heighten their night patrol within the area as we think of alternate ways of safeguarding our property.”
Meanwhile the chief asked members to report cases to the police or better still file reports to Nyumba Kumi officials in the area.
