• Sunday, 07 July 2024
Deaths in AirBnbs: Kenyans raise concern over surge

Deaths in AirBnbs: Kenyans raise concern over surge

In just 14 days into the year, two deaths have been reported in Airbnbs around Nairobi city. 

The two incidences are alleged murder cases with the latest being a 24 year old female whose body was found stuffed in a paper bag off Thika Road, Nairobi on Sunday.

The woman was stabbed and chopped in an apartment along TRM Drive, Thika Road.

 

Police said they are yet to know the motive of the incident. The killers are said to have stuffed some body parts in a paper bag.

Allegations have been making rounds on social media that the house in which the lady was murdered was an Airbnb. 

The TRM Drive incident comes eight days after, a suspect was arrested in connection with the brutal murder of socialite Starlet Wahu Mwangi.

Wahu's body was found in an Airbnb in South B, Nairobi. She and the suspected murderer had been seen getting into the Airbnb on January 3 at night.

With the news, Kenyans took to social media platform X to share their sentiments on the increased number of death cases. 

"It should be so easy to arrest those criminals. AirBnB always collects customer IDs," one X user by the name Gidi posted. 

Another one said:  "Airbnb is not the problem, if there was no Airbnb, it would've happened somewhere else, home, hotel etc."

 

Delo said: "Iyo story ya madem kumadwa kwa Airbnb ni same na rape ,no amount of online activism itastop that,its up to the ladies wajiprotect sisi tutasaidia pahali tunaweza but 90% is on them,you dont agree to spend the night with someone you've just met,uku njee kuna watu wazii.!

Mihr said: "Airbnb business is so risky. Imagine spending your life knowing that someone was killed in your Airbnb."

Anne noted: "With everything happening in Airbnb 's I hope landlords now know the importance of installing CCTV cameras.""

Abbie: "Airbnb hosts ask your clients for their IDs or passport."

Joseh said: "Biashara ya Airbnb's ilikuwa imeshikiliwa vizuri na married men, then came serial killers who have since ruined the reputation of Airbnb's in Kenya."

"Ladies, you really have no business booking an AirBnB with a stranger."

Omwamba said: "Following what happened with Starlet Wahu and John Matara in an Airbnb in South C last week and what has happened in TRM Drive along Thika Road today morning in an Airbnb, It's high time for the government to Regulate Airbnb. Seems like Airbnbs are not safe anymore!"

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