Notorious, yet mysterious cop operating in Nairobi’s Kayole and Dandora slums on Friday morning gunned down a thug, few hours after a controversial elimination.

Identified as Hessy Wa Kayole, the ‘cop’ took to social media to narrate the demise of the young and promising thug who was gunned down and dozens of bullets recovered from him.

The deceased also had homemade guns, which have been on the rise, in Nairobi’s Eastlands area, covering Dandora Dumpsite and Kayole estates.

“Ati mabandit kayole hudai ukiwa na kidungi wewe ni celeb lakini mbele yetu wewe ni useless,” Hessy wa Kayole posted on Facebook.

Loosely translated: “This Kayole bandit claims when he has a pistol then he is a celebrity, but before us, he is useless.”

Dozens of Kenyans have been killed in the slum areas in desperate attempts to rob residents in organised crimes. The shooting and killing have been ion the rise since the start of January.

On Wednesday, another mysterious cop, Hessy Wa Dandora gunned down two suspected thugs who Killed a policeman and stole his firearm.

Through a Facebook post seen by PulseLive.co.ke the Police officer revealed that the two were gunned down and the stolen firearm recovered.

According to the officer, on January 9, they lost a police officer within Kayole, after he was attacked by the gang members.

“I remember so well, on 9th day of this month, the day we lost a policeman within Kayole, and his firearm stolen, it’s the same same day at around 1240hrs when some gang members attacked a police officer near sunflower building within Kiamaiko area, they dealt with that officer and again managed to steal his firearm(s/no G6978) make ceska with 14 bullets,” read Hessy Wa Dandora's post.