This happened to me this afternoon in Barclays Queensway House.

I step in to the bank carrying some money to bank and a cheque book in a non transparent envelope that I had used to make another transaction in another bank.

I place my money and my cheque book (still in the envelop) on the working area where customers fill in their banking details and pick the banking forms. I start counting the money because, I wanted to deposit some in Barclays and some money somewhere else.

The cheque book in an envelop is on my left, a bundle of notes at the centre and another to my left. An old man in a suit comes to my left and pretends to be picking the banking forms. I somehow raise my head may be by accident and he finally picks his forms and moves away.

A guy comes to my left and he starts filling in a form. I do not get suspicious at this time but I get naturally alert now that there is money to my right. He asks what details he needed to fill to order a bankers cheque and attempt to explain but having someone to my left, I somehow was not very keen. At the same time, another comes to my left and I guess with the intention of blocking the acts of the mzee on the left. He asks me a question. Although I was not suspicious at this point, I was not ready to here anyone else especially when I have money around me. I tell him that I do not know and at the same time, I notice the cheque book has moved a few inches. (I guess they thought the envelop had some money).

I look at the old mzee and he pretends he was picking a slip again. At this point, I suspect something is not right. I take my money and my cheque book as everyone now moves away from me. I watch their next action and I notice that people who are supposed to be filling forms are headed to the door. They keep on looking behind and the more they notice that my attention is on them, the more times they check on me and move faster to the door. At this point, I have no doubts they are thugs.

I approach the guard, I told him about it and I ask him if they have CCTV cameras in the banking hall but he does not answer me. I tell him about my experience and he confirms he had received some alert from Equity about some old man .....

From our discussions and his reactions, I am convinced that there no structures set to prevent or reduce incidences of theft in the banking halls or alerting customers about such dangers. Were it not for the third eye gained from experience in Nairobi, they could have carried my cheque book thinking it is money or even worse carried my cash.

Can someone carry blanks slips home/office?
Can someone deposit cash thru the ATM?

slips evn me I carry cheque and cash deposit depends with bank I do that everytym with KCB rarely kanyaga the banking hall but i biliv thez a limit to cash deposit via ATM....

is he c'rias? the xaxa generation!