Webuye Man Caught Faking Disability While Begging on Uhuru Highway

A man from Webuye was filmed abandoning his disability act and sprinting off after a passerby confronted him for begging along Uhuru Highway in Nairobi. The stranger accused him of faking a physical impairment to get money from motorists and pedestrians, and warned him to stop before police got involved. The clip has since gone viral.

The man was seated on the ground, one leg folded beneath him, asking passing motorists and pedestrians for help. A passerby stopped, recognised him, and confronted him in front of the growing crowd.

“Get up and walk before I call the police,” the man warned him.

The accused beggar pushed back, insisting his leg was genuinely broken and that he had no other way to get by except sitting on the road asking for help.

The passerby kept pressing him to stand and walk. Eventually he did, then took off running. Witnesses said the speed of his escape stunned everyone watching.

Clips of the moment spread fast on Instagram and Facebook, pulling in thousands of reactions.

This isn’t the first time Nairobi has seen a fake beggar exposed on camera. Nairobi County officials have previously described organised begging rackets that use fake injuries to pull in sympathy money, sometimes with handlers collecting the cash afterward. Whether this particular case is connected to any such network hasn’t been confirmed. All that’s verified here is what the video shows.

Incidents like this feed a real trust problem on Nairobi’s streets. Every exposed fake makes it harder for people to tell who’s genuinely in need, and county officials have said that’s exactly the effect they’re trying to fight.