In 1980s,the country faced crime cases,notable individuals passionate of killing were on the record,they mostly targeted banks and coastal beach hotels.
What they did was inhumane and despicable! Without further ado, let me take you through the list of hardcore criminals.
Edward Maina Shimoli
In early 2000, police declared this man the most dangerous villain on Kenyan soil and set up a team to hunt him down. When he was arrested a few months later, the charge sheet read like a thriller.
He was reported to have killed his brother in law and shot his wife in the back after accusing them of tipping off the police about his criminal activities.
Things were even hard on him, given his rather unimpressive prison record. The man had escaped from jail three times — including once from the dreaded Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
John Kiriamiti
Kiriamiti was already on a list of most wanted criminals in Kenya at the age of 20. He was a dangerous bank robber and killer who was arrested in 1971 and jailed for 20 years in prison.
While in jail, Kiriamiti wrote his famous novel My Life in Crime. He was released 13 years later for portraying good conduct. However, Kiriamiti arrested and jailed again in 1986 after being accused of being part of Mwakenya movement which was planning to overthrow president Moi.
Samuel Gitau Saitoti
Saitoti and his gang were reported to be the masterminds of the biggest bank robberies, carjackings of four-wheel drive vehicles and the murder of police officers in the period between 2003 and 2007.
A resident of Kajiado, the tall and light-complexioned gangster was said to have hideouts in Kiserian, Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru.
Godfrey Matheri (The Naivasha Vampire)
We are definitely better off without this man roaming in our midst.
The man was not your conventional criminal, nor was he the kind that makes it to the police list of ‘the most wanted’.
He was simply ‘The Naivasha Vampire’, the man who lured women to his house, raped them, cut their veins and sucked their blood.
Gerald Wambugu Munyeria Alias Wanugu
Wanugu used to be a tout before becoming a mechanic. He was a famous bank robber who outdid the Kenyan police for a period of 10 years. Wanugu was sprayed with bullets 6 months after his friend Wacucu shot dead in Kabatini, Nakuru.