A disturbing video making rounds online has sparked massive debate after it captured a woman attempting to snatch a man’s phone in the CBD by shouting “Mwizi!” and assaulting him in public.
Content creator George T. Diano (@georgediano) shared the clip with a strong warning:
“If you are in Nairobi and you are holding a nice phone… there are some ladies who, when they see you with it, they start shouting ‘mwizi!’ so that you get beaten up as they take your phone and vanish!
A lady tried this trick but the police arrived on time and caught her. She was told to enter the password but she said she couldn’t remember it. The guy who was the rightful owner was told to enter the password and he did it perfectly fine.”
George Diano Warns Nairobi Residents
Diano added: “Several men have been switched off due to this nonsense in CBD & these women always get away with such crimes.
That’s why it’s hard nowadays for men to help a woman when they hear her shouting that she’s being robbed… Gentlemen, normalize minding your business because daughters of Agrippina hawana huruma huku inje.”
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Public Reactions Flood Social Media
The post quickly went viral, with many men sharing similar experiences:
Luca Mtakatifu (@snrgoodman): “Mwanamke kunipiga Kofi ovyo ovyo in public inaweza leta movie titles kama Wrong turn.”
Mkulima Mdogo (@MwebiJr): “Hapa uyu mwanaume angejaribu kupiga uyo dem ata kofi moja pekee, angepokea kichapo from the men you see there… but because it’s the lady beating him let’s watch.”
Kim (@Pettikim): “In that scene, so many bystanders are accomplices… Women have been getting away with a lot of crime through sympathy.”
david joshua (@dejoshy): “My colleague was burnt to death earlier this year in Kawangware labelled a thief by this well orchestrated women and men… so painful”
Leela Lakhana (@LeelaLakhana): “There’s a lady who did this to her husband last week on Kipande Road. The hubby received few slaps before he cried out that they’re married… She even told him ‘heri wangekupiga wakuue’.”
Habeel Suleiman (@SuleimanH_abel): “I was in this situation back last year… mbogi ilikuwa imenizunguka… bahati someone knew me and that’s how I got saved! Ilikuwa mbaya sana!”
Fear Over False Theft Accusations
Many commenters advised men to mind their own business when they hear “mwizi” shouts in town and to use strong passwords or set personal photos as lock screen wallpapers as proof of ownership. Crime Alert
