Broadlight Muggings in Nairobi: Streets to Avoid A picture of a mugging incident. File Some streets in Nairobi have gained notoriety when it comes to daylight muggings. City residents have been taking to social media to narrate gripping ordeals at the hands of these robbers, who usually operate in groups of up to seven individuals. Areas highlighted as high-risk within the Kenyan capital include Tom Mboya Avenue's intersection with Kenneth Matiba Road (former Accra road) Bomb blast area, Aga khan Walk, Koja Stage and its environs, the space between Hilton Hotel and International Life House (Simba Street). Thugs operating in this area reportedly approach their target and initiate a casual conversation which is at times initiated through a friendly fist bump.