Mob justice in Likoni, Kisauni and Magongo areas are turning Mombasa into a "banana county", rights group Haki Africa has warned. Haki Africa has recorded more than seven cases of mob 'justice' in four months alone in Mombasa. Ruto said last year, mob justice cases had become common in Kisauni because of the criminal gangs that attacked, maimed and killed residents. In September last year, a mob lynched three suspected gangsters in Kisauni. In October, Samuel Odemba, 26, and his cousin Kennedy Onyango, 24, were beaten and burnt alive after a boda boda rider mistakenly identified themforthieves in Mtopanga.

Source: The Star May 19, 2019 21:00 UTC