Ten years ago, as a wave of bank robberies swept Kenya, bank employees like Stephen anxiously wondered if their branches would be struck by the crime. The tense speculation did not last long: Stephen’s branch was soon hit by thieves who robbed the bank and shot a police officer while making their escape. Shaken by the incident, Stephen and his colleagues wondered if the perpetrators would ever be found.
NAIROBI, KENYA - Released on New Year's Eve after 16 months of incarceration in Nairobi's Industrial Remand Prison, 42-year-old Peter began 2010 a free man.