One of the busy streets of Nakuru town. [Photo/]
Nakuru is one of the best and cheapest towns to live in the nation.
The town, despite having a smaller Central Business District (CBD), as compared to the other major urban centers in the nation, is a beehive of activities.
The town, with the increase of population, has also turned to a preying ground for thieves and pickpockets.
Here are four of the areas you are likely to get pickpocketted in Nakuru town CBD.
1. Mburu Gichua Avenue
The avenue stretches from the main roundabout at Gatehouse down to the Nakuru National Youth Service (NYS) camp.
The red zone, however, is the busy and congested area between Gatehouse and the second roundabout at Pinkam.
This area is full of cunning pickpockets who are, however, hard to identify, as they operate swiftly and are equally well dressed as any other hardworking citizen.
2. Kenyatta Avenue
The busiest street in Nakuru is a haven for pickpockets, most of whom have their eyes on unsuspecting people's phones and wallets.
With shops on either side, separated by narrow corridors between them, these criminals always have it easy getting away after each mission achieved.
3. Wakulima market
This is another busy and congested region.
Pickpockets have turned both the interior and exterior of the market into their hunting havens.
With the market being densely populated, making it almost impossible to get away should a mission fail, they have resorted to operating on the busy street right outside.
4. All matatu and bus stations
With the increase in number of both residents and public vehicles in the town, most of the stages have grown smaller resulting to congestion of both people and the vehicles.
This makes it easy for the criminals to milk travellers' pockets dry, without their knowledge, they are using this as an opportunity to reap where they never sowed.
Now you know areas to avoid the next time you are in town.
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