Police were Thursday pursuing suspected thugs who wore police uniforms while robbing an employee of Sh1.9 million moments after leaving a bank in Westlands, Nairobi.
The victim, who is an employee of MFI along Muthangari Drive as a finance manager, had been to Westlands DTB Bank and withdrew the cash.
He then walked to his car and set off to his offices. But before arriving at the offices on February 11, 2026 11 am, a car blocked his way. Two men wearing traffic police uniforms jumped out and ordered him to lower the windshield before they forced him out.
He told police they handcuffed him leaving his car on the road with the ignition keys on. His mobile phone was also left in the car as the two grabbed a bag that contained the cash.
The victim told police he was driven to the Galleria area in Karen and dropped off. He later came back to the scene where he narrated his ordeal and later reported the matter to the police.
Police visited the scene and announced they had launched investigations into the same.
The police also visited the bank to confirm the same claims. Such incidents have been on the rise in various places. Police investigations show some of them happen after suspects hang in banking halls and monitor transactions before stalking and attacking their victims.
For instance, former Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture Technology Vice Chancellor Prof Ratemo Michieka lost Sh950,000 to suspected thieves in the Runda area, Nairobi.
The incident is said to have happened moments after he left the bank.
The professor told police he had been to Warwick Center in Gigiri on February 4 at 2 pm and withdrew the cash for use to pay for works at a construction site in Runda.
He told police he was in the company of a manager at the site and they drove from the bank to the site and parked his car about 15 meters away.
He did not know the thieves were trailing him. He said he had packed the cash in a bag and left the same in the car, he said.
After walking to inspect the site, he heard a bang and on checking he realized his car had been broken into and the gang which had trailed him using a car had vanished.
The gang is believed to have been at the banking hall or had prior information on the cash transactions, police said.
The professor later confronted the bank officials demanding an explanation of how the incident happened. He protested the incident saying he suspected the thieves knew the transactions from the bank.
Police were called to the scene and announced investigations were ongoing. The police and the bank officials were reviewing security footage to identify the possible thieves.
The incident stalled the construction exercise at the home of the professor, for now.
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