A woman from Nairobi sent chills down the spine of many Kenyans after she narrated her excruciating experience with a rogue Uber Taxi driver who allegedly nearly abducted and raped her on Thursday, June 8.

The lady identified by her Facebook name Sheilla Mkenya shared on her social media the encounter and warned Kenyans especially women to be wary of who they contract taxi services from.

In the message seen by TUKO.co.ke on Thursday, June 8, Mkenya said she was lucky to escape from the hands of the man known as Dennis Sagwe who had first inquired if she was of Christian faith or a devil worshiper.

“It was at around 9pm when I requested for an Uber from a well-known shopping centre to my house. Five minutes later called me and asked for my location. I told him I was the only lady standing by the road waiting for a Toyota Belta a KCG 632D but he told me he had gotten a new car Toyota Ractis KCN 995U,” she narrated.

She said on inquiring why the Dennis had come with a different car, the driver quickly quipped that he had bought a new car and had not updated his profile.

Mkenya said the trip began well as they exchanged greetings and chatted over a number of issues before she was stunned by a weird inquiry from the taxi man.

“He asked me the strangest question that ran a chill down my spine. “are you a Christian or a Devil worshiper?” I sensed danger but since it was a short trip and I was already in my neighbourhood I kept calm and told him I was a Christian. His response was “napendanga watu kaa nyinyi” (I love such guys),” she said.

According to the lady, her efforts to ask the man to drop her 100 metres away from her gate failed.

“He drove to the gate where we found a couple in a white car KBJ ***. The Uber driver asked me if the white car was an uber and I told him I didn’t know. He pulled down his window and asked the guy in the white car if he was an Uber driver, which he said he wasn’t,” she continued.

The lady said she asked Dennis to end the trip at KSh 550 after which she handed him a KSh 1,000 note but the man refused to return her balance stirring up a confrontation. She narrated that the man told her he never returns balance to clients when he was drunk like he alleged to be and ordered her to board off the vehicle.

“I told him I won’t leave without my change and that’s when he began shoving me to get out the car. He began cursing me loudly when I resisted. He threatened to drive me to an unknown place prompting me to jump out and opened the door attracting the attention of the neighbours,” she added.

The woman said the man got even crazier, jumped out of his car and started calling her a thief before confronting individuals in the car parked ahead of them raising more confusion.

“He ran to the white car and started screaming at the lady who was in the car with her dude, calling her ‘Agnes’, saying that she was his aunt’s sister and demanded she gets out of the car. When people gathered to inquire what was happening he came back and called me Agnes vowing he would rape me,” Mkenya said.

If it were not for the efforts of the security men to contain him, Mkenya said she would have been hit by the driver who had gone haywire.

“The Wazees and watchmen tied him using a rope and called police officers from Buruburu station which is five minutes from my place. He battled with police who finally managed to bungle him in their vehicle and towed his car. On frisking him they found the KSh 1,000 note, and recovered bhang and other drugs from his vehicle,” the woman revealed.

According to the lady, the police interrogated her about the whole incident and managed to get her money back from the man who had been handcuffed.

“After recording a statement a police officer told me I was lucky not to have been raped and murdered. They shared that they had previously encountered incidents in which women had been sexually assaulted by taxi drivers and cautioned me to be careful when selecting a taxi,” Mkenya said.

The traumatised woman urged her audience never to accept being carried in different cars apart from the ones they have contacted.

“Honestly, I’m more than traumatised, I’m scared of leaving my house, am afraid of all taxis. Please warn your loved ones never to accept rides when the driver comes with a different car from the one registered,. Thank you almighty God for saving me from this death trap,” she said.

The woman filed a complaint to the Uber administration who promised to probe the incident through the video and photo evidence she had availed.