In an early morning crackdown on Thursday, at least 78 beggars were arrested in the Nairobi CBD . The operation carried out by a multi-agency team of police, city inspectorate officers, and officers from the National Council of People with Disabilities.
The beggars were nabbed at Moi Avenue, OTC, , Kenyatta Avenue and Tom Mboya street. All these beggars were taken to Waithaka rehabilitation centre where it emerged that most of them were not Kenyans. “They come from neighbouring countries. We plan to deport them immediately after the process,” Youth and Gender CEC Janet Ouko said. “We will take adults to remand centres and children to rehab centres.”