Not long before, the bullet-ridden corpses of three of Muasa's friends had been found in a forest after they had left Mathare, Nairobi's second largest slum, to mug people in richer neighbourhoods. Kenya's police often use deadly force against suspected criminals, with hundreds of people killed in the past two years. The Mlango Kubwa Landlords and Tenants Association (MLATA), named after the area where they operate, charges residents 150 Kenya shillings ($1.50) a month for its services. "Security is a mandate of the state but security has not been enforced," Stephen Mwangi, a Mathare youth leader, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "It forces us to hustle for our own security."

Source: Standard Digital November 22, 2016 06:39 UTC