Kenyan Business Lady Kneels, Painfully Prays as Shop Is Looted
- A middle-aged woman has moved many people online after she went on her knees and started praying after seeing the havoc that looters had wreaked on her shop
- In a video, the woman was seen outside her shop, which had been looted with reckless abandon and some of the covers and papers were left on the floor
- Some papers were left along the corridors, and she knelt right there in the mess, declaring that those who caused the mess would never know any peace
- A crowd of people stood looking at the mess and the woman who was trying to come to terms with it, but even their words didn't seem like they would be enough
A middle-aged woman went to her knees after she arrived at her shop and found that goons had broken the door and stolen from it.
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How did the goons get access?
The mobile phone and accessories shop, which offered M-Pesa, among other services, was set in a container and boasted a large metallic door.
The goons had forced it open from the bottom and went inside to rob her. She was so devastated that the people around her were at a loss for how to console her; they just looked into the shop and stood around helplessly.
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What was the businesswoman's prayer?
Outside the shop, there were phone covers and papers strewn all over, a testament to how destructive the goons were and the damage they caused.
"The things you have stolen will deny you peace," she said, going on her knees.
"Dear God if you are the one I pray to please return what I lost with something else. I was taken from the bedroom and told about this by the man who sells me covers," she wailed.
Skoody:
"God deal with every hand that touched which belonged to her business...yo are Just Father"
Muriithi's Dota Suu:
"But to be honest haikufaa kuharibia wengine mali yao...that's bad na am sure God shall revenge malipo ni hapa hapa ...jasho ya mwingine usicheze nayo!"
Joyce Ndungu:
"Usijipiganie mama vita achia Mungu akupiganie jipe guvu mama."
Mercilinah Shish:
"This so painful 😭 Job 42:10. And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before." This verse shows a direct restoration of Job's wealth and possessions after his trials and demonstrates God's faithfulness in restoring what was lost."
Gov't condemns looting in hard-hitting statement
On the afternoon of June 26, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen released a hard-hitting statement condemning the protests, which he described as politically instigated to cause terror and anarchy.
Murkomen said the protests were deliberately coordinated, funded and premeditated.
In regard to the looting experienced, he said:
"The massive looting had a clear motive to cause fear and target the properties of politicians and civilians allied to the Government. The orchestrators of the violence went back to the safety of their homes, leaving Kenyans at the mercy of goons and criminals."
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The CS noted that the Inspector General of Police, through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, is already carrying out investigations to apprehend and bring to justice the organisers and financiers of the "well-orchestrated campaign of violence."
"Rest assured that the government will pursue justice relentlessly on behalf of all affected Kenyans. No person will be spared regardless of their political and financial status," he said.
He further praised protesters from counties such as Mombasa, whom he said held organised and peaceful protests.
Kenyan business lady loses KSh 4m after looting
In another story, hundreds of Gen Z protesters from different parts of the country came together and commemorated the first anniversary of the people who died in the 2024 demos, but there is a lot of pain afterwards.
For instance, apart from protesters and police dying or getting injured in clashes with police, looters struck unchecked and destroyed property and stole goods worth millions in Nairobi and other towns.
Yvonne Otieno, who is a boutique owner, revealed that goons stole from her shop and all the goods she had restocked.
Racheal Nyaguthie, HoD Human Interest, added details of the government's statement.
Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
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