Photo: Credit Business Daily Africa Nairobi.
Nairobi has become a hazard for foreigners especially women from Europe, Asia and the rest of Africa. It has become a hotspot for kidnappers. Numbers of Somali girls kidnapped in Nairobi has increased.
Garissa MP Aden Barre Duale has spoken out about the disappearance of Somali girls in Nairobi, Kenya, some of whom have been paid large ransoms. Aden Barre, one of the politicians who began meeting with the security services after learning of the missing girls, said the number of missing girls was three. Two of the missing Somali girls were from Eastleigh, while the other was from Kayole.
”As a Somali community, it is something new for us. It has been a source of great concern for us over the past two days,” said lawmaker Aden Barre of missing girls. A 23-year-old Somali girl has been abducted in the California Estate area of Nairobi, with her captors demanding a ransom of five million Kenyan shillings. $ 46,000, according to The Standard.
Hafsa Mohamed Luqman went missing on Tuesday June 15th 2021 at a shoe shop she owned at the Kamukunj shopping center in Eastleigh. ”The kidnappers last sent us a text message on Wednesday the 16th of this month, saying they wanted a ransom,” Hafsa’s brother-in-law, Omar Ibrahim, told The Standard.
“We are very concerned that they could be harmed,” he said. Footage from hidden cameras at a store showed Hafsa entering the store at 4:44 pm on Tuesday, along with another girl named Hafsa Abdulwahab. This has caused strong concern in the Somali community in Kenya, she is nothing new, and Somalis demanded Kenya authorities to help save Hafsa Mohamed.
According to Kenyan officials told Somali Times kidnapping female foreigners has been going on for quite a while and kidnappers do not care if their victims are from other parts of the world but want ransom by kidnapping. Tourists, avoid Nairobi, Kenya.