Interesting look at the economics of security: Nairobi’s motorbike boys improving their own slum

“Sometimes I use these bikes when I’m late from work, because the road is not safe at night,” one passenger said. “So these bikes really help us a lot!”

The irony is, the Dirt Island’s motorbike taxi service is being run by precisely the kind of young men who might have menaced their passengers in the past. Many of the motorbike boys were once offenders.