If there's a crime you can think of, boda boda riders have done it. A report released on Wednesday by the National Crime Research Centre, 'Fighting Crime Through Research,' covered 2018. It covered 24 counties, 5,811 people were interviewed - police, traffic officers, crime statisticians, safety officials and riders. The aim was to establish the extent of boda boda-related crime, root causes, perpetrators, mode of operations and consequences. In 2018, researchers reported that boda boda riders were involved in 2,359 accidents, 1,187 robberies and stealing, involved in 83 lynch mobs.

Source: The Star March 11, 2021 04:18 UTC