On that night, a member of the public hired a trolley pusher and asked him to transport his luggage to Nairobi Cinema. A few minutes later the man vanished and the luggage had exploded, injuring the trolley pusher and another person.
Events of the night have since faded out of the collective memory of traders and hawkers who do business in this part of town. Normalcy has returned and it’s now business as usual with little indication that this was a crime scene on that early Saturday night.
Mr. John Kamau a hawker who was on his usual spot when the incident took place said that they have no option but go on with business. Outside Smothers Fast Food Restaurant next to Odeon Cinema along Tom Mboya Street a small crowd is standing on one side while hawkers are selling their items on the other.
On the same stretch, trolley pushers are also calling out loudly to customers who are carrying huge luggage. Then suddenly, as if on cue, the hawkers hurriedly gather their wares on the sacks they are laid on and scurry for safety.
Apparently, the city county askaris have swooped in on the oblivious hawkers. Everyone else follows suit and scampers for safety before realising that it is the usual cat and mouse game between the hawkers and the ruthless askaris.