Nairobi Woman Whose Teen Son was Stoned to Death Admits He was a Serial Robber Who Deserved to Die [VIDEO]

A Kenyan woman whose 19-year-old son was stoned to death for stealing a phone in Nairobi’s Komarok area has shocked the nation after admitting the teen was a serial mugger and deserved to die.

Derrick Ndung’u was lynched by an irate mob at T-Mall Gate in Komarock on Tuesday, May 12th after grabbing a mobile phone from a female hawker. 

The teenager is said to have been a member of a notorious gang that has been terrorizing residents of Maili Saba, Dandora, and Korogocho areas.

On that fateful day, Derrick was in the company of two other members of the gang who managed to escape but the motorcycle they were using was seized. 

Speaking to journalists, Susan Wangui said she was with her son in the house during curfew hours when he received a call from a person he claimed was his girlfriend. 

A few hours later, Wangui said she received calls from some of her friends informing her that her son was being mobbed for stealing.

She confessed her son developed a habit of stealing people’s valuables a year after he completed his high school education in 2018. Wangui, who owns a residential property in Eastlands, said attempts to woo her son to stop the behavior fell on deaf ears.

“I educated this child of mine — all the way from primary to secondary. He sat his KCSE exams two years ago. After completing his secondary education, I enrolled him for a driving course. When he was done with the course, I asked if he would want me to put up a retail shop for him but he refused. I asked him whether he would want an electronics shop business, he refused. I asked him to join his aunt in the charcoal business, in which he and the aunt would go fetch charcoal in Busia and drive back to Nairobi, where they would sell at a huge profit, he refused.”

“I asked him to be a construction worker because, being a landlady, I give jobs to many construction workers, he refused, saying he cannot do work that requires a lot of physical energy.”

“There was a time he was presented to me after stealing a phone from someone. I, personally, called the police on him. He spent three months behind bars. His aunts, uncle and grandmother begged me to secure his release. I paid Sh500, 000 police bond to secure his freedom.”

“When he reintegrated into the community, I told him: ‘let me put up a business for you, which you will be running on a daily basis’, he refused. He finds satisfaction in stealing. I know, for sure, that he is a thief. I cannot defend him. This is not the first time he is stealing from somebody. So many people have reported to me that he stole their mobile phones. He is a serial phone snatcher. He and his colleagues operated from Maili Saba area.”

“I told him: ‘my son, if you cannot listen to me, your mother, you will be killed one day’. I urge other young men who steal from people, just like my son, to refrain from theft. Should they refuse to heed this advice, they too will be killed the same way my son was killed,” she noted.