Police teargas rowdy Ekeza Sacco investors in Nairobi

Ekeza

Ekeza Sacco investors who responded to Directorate of Criminal Investigations call to record statements over scam protest on March 18, 2019 after some of them were asked to return home to await a new date to register their details. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • From as early as 4am people had already started streaming to the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road hoping that they would get back their money.

  • By 9 am, hundreds had already queued up outside the gates.

  • Trouble started after a DCI officer told those from Nairobi to go back home in bid to control surging crowd.

Chaos has rocked transport on Kiambu Road where police engaged investors scammed by Ekeza Sacco for blocking the way as they waited to record statements with detectives.

By 9am, hundreds had already queued up outside the gates.

About an hour later, officers came out and directed the crowd to record their details in forms they provided.

They were to get into groups of 10, write their names, phone numbers and the amount of money they lost.

Some of the more restless in the crowd started fighting for the forms.

Sensing trouble, a DCI officer asked those from Nairobi County to go home, assuring them that they would be given a new date to register their details.

Interpreting the new instructions as a ploy to get rid of them, some of the investors protested and blocked the road with huge stones leading to a huge traffic snarl-up on the busy path.

Others sat in the middle of the road chanting "pesa zetu", vowing not to move until they got their money back.

Police had to hurl tear gas canisters to disperse them.