On the morning of Wednesday, July 30, 2025, operations at a popular bank branch in Nairobi’s Upper Hill area were disrupted after a startling discovery was made inside the ATM lobby.
The first customer who entered the premises to withdraw cash at 6:10 a.m. found no guard on duty. What he saw instead left him frozen in disbelief.
Laid neatly on the tiled floor was a full security guard’s uniform. Folded with precision were navy trousers, a light blue shirt, a cap, boots placed beside them, and a radio still switched on.
Behind the glass door to the ATMs, everything seemed intact. There was no sign of forced entry or broken locks.
However, a few minutes later, when the bank manager arrived and went through the night logs, it became clear that something was wrong.
The cash loader system indicated a massive discrepancy. A total of Sh9.8 million was missing from three separate machines.
All transactions after 1:03 a.m. were void. The security footage between 12:55 a.m. and 5:48 a.m. showed nothing but static.
Police Arrive
Within an hour, detectives from Kilimani Police Station had cordoned off the scene. The folded uniform was collected as part of the evidence. Investigators found no blood, no struggle, no broken alarm system.
Nothing looked tampered with except the missing guard and the missing money. His shift log, signed at 6:00 p.m. the previous evening, showed he had reported to duty and checked in all required equipment.
He was last seen by a food vendor at 10:15 p.m. buying a plate of githeri outside the compound.
What troubled the officers most was how someone could have walked out with millions in cash without being caught on any camera.
Even stranger was how the guard’s uniform appeared folded so perfectly, as if done with care and no urgency.
A Seasoned Guard
The missing man, a 45-year-old father of two, had worked at the bank for over five years. Colleagues described him as trustworthy, calm, and committed. He had no previous disciplinary issues.
His family said he left home for work as usual, with his packed dinner and a thermos of tea. His wife was the first to be contacted after the disappearance.
She broke down at the station, saying she feared the worst. But she also mentioned something unusual. Her husband had been uneasy for a week, mumbling in his sleep about “losing something he never owned.”
A City on Alert
The story spread fast. By midday, it was trending on Kenyan social media. Many people speculated that the guard had been abducted, hypnotised, or bribed into helping an inside job.
Others wondered whether this was a spiritual attack or an inside betrayal. In all scenarios, the central mystery remained the same.
How does a man vanish into thin air, leave behind all his gear, and walk out of a bank with almost ten million shillings?
The CCTV blackout only deepened the puzzle. Experts brought in to review the system said the footage had no signs of tampering.
It was like the cameras simply decided to rest during the exact window when the money vanished.
Missing but Not Forgotten
Efforts to trace the guard’s mobile phone proved futile. The phone had been switched off at 1:06 a.m. His last signal pinged off a nearby mast on Matumbato Road.
No further movements were recorded. His family, friends, and co-workers all insisted that he was not the kind of person to plan a theft.
He had no debts, no criminal history, and no luxurious lifestyle. Even his M-Pesa records showed routine transactions, mostly for food and fare.
One retired police officer speaking anonymously said the case reminded him of an incident in the 1990s where a watchman reportedly disappeared for a week, then reappeared in Eldoret with no memory of how he got there.
“Sometimes these things are deeper than we think,” he said.
Attempts at Explanation
While forensic officers dusted the ATM lobby and vault doors for prints, the public continued to speculate. Some blamed the bank for understaffing night shifts.
Others blamed the security firm for relying on human guards instead of biometric-controlled systems. A few conspiracy theorists claimed that the guard might have been caught up in a ritual.
Whatever the truth, the bank has remained tight-lipped. A brief statement issued that afternoon confirmed that customer funds were safe and that an internal audit was ongoing.
The branch remained closed for two days as investigators combed through every document, keycard record, and alarm trigger from the night in question.
Similar Incidents
This is not the first time cash has vanished mysteriously in the city. In February, a supermarket in Ruaka lost Sh4.3 million in overnight collections.
The CCTV showed nothing suspicious, and no alarms were triggered. Last year, a private company’s safe in Industrial Area was found wide open with Sh2 million missing, yet no doors were broken, and no staff member could explain how the keys went missing.
Such cases, though rare, often spark panic and sometimes disappear into cold files. But in this case, the shocking image of a uniform folded on a banking hall floor has burned into the public memory.
Community Reaction
Many Nairobians expressed both fear and frustration. Some saw it as a sign of increasing insecurity. Others said it was a symptom of deeper spiritual or metaphysical forces. “It’s like something unseen came for that money,” one vendor outside the bank said. “You can’t explain this with science alone.”
Others visited the guard’s home to comfort his wife and children. A few brought donations of food and money. Some media houses camped outside their small house in Pipeline estate hoping for interviews, but the family declined.
Not Just About the Money
As the days passed, the focus slowly shifted from the Sh9.8 million to the missing man. Was he alive? Did he go willingly? Was he under threat? Had someone gotten to him in a way that broke his will and memory? His daughter, a Form Two student, said her father used to joke that “even silence can be loud.” She now says his silence is deafening.
People have started praying for his safe return. Others believe the only way to get answers is to look beyond ordinary investigation methods. That’s where things begin to take a turn.
Truth Begins to Surface
It took a few brave individuals to start talking. Two bank staff members admitted they had heard the guard complaining of nightmares. He mentioned being followed. He said he felt someone watching him even when he was alone. But he never told management. He was scared of being laughed at.
Then came a confession from another victim of a similar case. A small-time shopkeeper who once lost Sh180,000 in a safe. The money vanished overnight. Nothing broken. No clues. He too had felt a strange weight in his house, like the walls were pressing inward. He shared how his fortune turned around after reaching out to someone who did not wear a badge or carry a warrant, but delivered answers all the same.
An Unusual Pattern
Several other individuals who lost money in strange ways spoke out. A boutique owner. A taxi driver. A stock clerk. They described eerie losses, forgotten trails, vanished receipts, even vanishing witnesses. What they all had in common was that none of their cases had police solutions.
But each claimed that after contacting a certain expert, answers began to fall into place. In some cases, suspects came forward on their own. In others, missing goods were returned by unknown people. One woman said she found her lost cash tucked into a flowerpot at her balcony with no clue how it got there.
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