In the autumn of 1997, six policemen were killed when local raiders armed with traditional weapons and guns rampaged through the area.

Many non-local Kenyans were either killed or maimed, as the raiders targeted the Luo, Luhya, Kamba and Kikuyu communities.

[1] It was estimated that ten police officers and thirty-seven raiders were killed in the clashes based on testimony to the Akiwumi Commission of Inquiry.

[2] In the science fiction video game Halo 2, Likoni is the location of a 26th-century slum known as Old Mombasa.

Although the area is heavily built-up with aging offices and apartments constructed centuries prior, the area also exhibits many examples of even older, more traditional Muslim and Portuguese architecture .This is a style modeled after Old Town Makadara on Mombasa Island.