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at February 04, 2014

Gaza is a youthful criminal terror group in kayole which has terrorized everyone in from the eldest to the youngest. Here are things you didn't know about Gaza. Origin , history and activities.

Police officers trying to arrest one of the gang member.
 Background.

Gaza is a youthful criminal group in kayole which has terrorized everyone from the eldest to the youngest. It is known for taking advantage of the innocent children and  recruiting the school dropouts.They train the recruits to be rebellious to their parents and teachers and afterwards they must take a vow. The new recruits are then used  to carry out criminal activities under the watchful guidance of its highly structured chain of command whose real leaders are unknown, even to some of its members.Gang members are given assurance of protection by their leaders. In return, they share the loot with the gang’s honchos.Membership qualifications include being able to keep secrets.

Gaza takes its name from Portmore, a shanty town in Jamaica that is said to be controlled by a gang with a similar name that steals and kills at will under the command of Jamaican dancehall artiste Adjija Palmer Vybez Kartel who is currently facing trial in connection with two murders, illegal possession of firearms and armed robbery.Though he has spent the last three years in prison, his music is hugely popular and has a huge influence among the youth.The common denominator among Kayole’s Gaza is their love of dancehall music — a music genre originating in Jamaica that is associated with violence, bhang smoking, gang warfare, nudity and vulgarity that has become a fad among the youth in the area.

Origin.
When the government launched a crackdown on Mungiki-is said to have had more than a million members, an elaborate tax collection machinery and a kangaroo court system- most of its members went underground. Some were shot dead in confrontations with police or arraigned in court.The resulting vacuum led to the rise of Gaza. It’s an offshoot of the Mungiki created last year by remnants of the sect, but it does not have an ethnic dimension like its predecessor.
Unlike the Mungiki, whose members often wore dreadlocks, it is hard to distinguish members of the gang from other youths by their appearance, although most prefer wearing caps facing backwards, carry concealed knives at their waists and have identification tattoos on their upper left arms usually inked when they are being oathed in a location that is a closely guarded secret in Dandora.The tattoos are drawn with a hot wire and daubed with an ink solution.
Gang activities. 
  




Gang activities.

The gang engages in activities such as extortion from matatus at Kayole One area , B3 and from other routes on Kangundo Road, as far away as Ruai.The “patrol guys” who are members of the gang pose as conductors on the street and demand “squads” – a mandatory temporary shift as either a conductor or driver to solicit a fee from passengers going to town from all the matatus that run in Kayole and its environs.It is mandatory for all matatu crews to give “squads” to members of the gang whenever they make a round trip from town. Each squad is paid at Sh100 for a driver and Sh50 for a conductor.Matatus that fail to comply are not be allowed to operate on the routes Gaza controls. The gang members who idle around all passenger pick-up points enforce such orders.

According to local administration, Gaza criminal gang is the new face of Mungiki in Kayole and they have been terrorizing residents in broad-daylight.They walk in groups of 15-20 armed with lethal weapons and they easily attack when provoked.Ironically, the sprouting criminal group consists of young boys aged between 13-15 yrs and are said to copy the infamous Jamaican criminal gang called Gaza.

Reliable sources indicate  that most businesses in Kayole close before darkness sets in while some, especially those dealing with money like mobile money or agent banking kiosks, have been forced to install extra security measures.The sudden increase in such crimes committed by teenagers has left everyone, including the police, baffled.

A report by The National Crime Research Centre released last August listed Kayole as one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in Nairobi. The report called the area a gang infested area notorious for kidnappings, illicit arms trade, muggings and armed robbery.Area residents have accused the police of laxity and collaborating with the gang to rob them. Speaking to the media, an area resident who sought anonymity said that police know the existence of the gang and have so far done nothing to arrest them.They have vowed to take the law into their hands if the police will tolerate the gang
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