EMBOLDENED LAWLESSNESS: Goons Block Thika Road, Rob Motorists
Traffic on Thika Road came to a halt on Friday morning as angry youths barricaded stretches of the roadway, delaying traffic and instilling dread among commuters.
The unrest was recorded near the Pangani stretch of the highway, when groups of young people apparently stopped parts of the road, forcing cars to seek alternate routes.
According to eyewitness reports, some of the alleged protestors marched down the busy route wielding machetes and other primitive weapons.
Heavy traffic was observed building up as smoke ascended from the roadside, with some individuals running and others moving between vehicles amid the confusion.
Scary moment when armed goons blocked the busy Thika Superhighway at Pangani pic.twitter.com/QROyKmYMa2— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) July 3, 2026
Hii nairobi unaeza choka sana unaamka mapema unapata thika road imefungwa na goons…nkt pic.twitter.com/X9qxkWiiPY— Grace Njoroge (@MuthoniNai96374) July 3, 2026
Videos and images of the scene also captured motorists cautiously navigating the affected stretch as tension gripped the area.
As tensions escalated, the rowdy youth, whose motive for demonstrating is yet to be clearly established, allegedly began pelting moving vehicles with stones, vandalising property and targeting passersby.
The disruption left hundreds of commuters stranded as traffic stretched for several metres along the highway, one of Nairobi’s busiest roads linking Nairobi to Kiambu County.
UPDATES: Tension along the Thika Superhighway as armed goons block the Pangani stretch, robbing pedestrians and motorists. pic.twitter.com/gxxZFVwTdI— New Day TV (@TheTackleKE) July 3, 2026
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By the time of publication, the National Police Service (NPS) had not issued an official statement on the incident or confirmed whether any arrests had been made.
Similarly, reports of injuries, casualties and property damage remain unclear even as Kenyans took to social media to request police intervention on the incident.
The latest incident has renewed concerns over the use of organised criminals and goons to infiltrate protests, with motorists increasingly becoming targets of vandalism and theft in such situations.
It comes barely a fortnight after President William Ruto directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to execute a nationwide, indiscriminate crackdown on goons and their financiers.
Speaking on June 19, the Head of State accused a section of politicians, particularly those in the opposition, of allegedly sponsoring organised youth gangs to unleash terror on their political opponents and cause mayhem.
EMBOLDENED LAWLESSNESS: Goons Block Thika Road, Rob Motorists
