One evening in the 1990s while driving home from work, Dorcas Rigathi recalls an incident where street boys stopped her along Nairobi's Uhuru Highway. She did not think twice, she just stopped. In those years, Nairobians feared street boys due to their bad behaviour. They would harass residents while demanding money or food. Those who refused to comply would be smeared with human faeces. When Ms Rigathi stopped and rolled down her car windows, the young men were shocked, she says. 'The boys literally froze…they didn't expect me to stop.

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