Major crackdown in Nyeri town as police thwart Mungiki gang meeting
Police in Nyeri have mounted a major crackdown against supporters of former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga.
Several people were arrested and roughed up Sunday in Nyeri town as a contingent of police officers intensified an operation to thwart a meeting slated to be chaired by Mr Njenga at Kabiru-ini grounds.
Security checks have been mounted at all highways leading to Nyeri town, signaling that a directive had been issued by the State to curb the event. The police are stationed at Nyeri-Nairobi, Nyeri-Nyahururu and Nyeri-Nanyuki highways.
Police have also manned Kabiru-ini grounds where the meeting of Mt Kenya leaders is expected to take place. The government has since banned the meeting, announcing that it is unlawful.
Nyeri County Commissioner Pius Murugu has issued a directive that the meeting be banned accordingly.
Mr Murugu directed the National Government Administration Officers (NGAO) and nyumba kumi elders at the grassroots to remain alert and curb any forms of gatherings by Mr Maina and his group.
“We have heard that there are some people who want to convene a meeting here and disrupt peace. We will not allow that meeting in our area. Nyeri has been a peaceful county, and we will not take chances in exposing our citizens to insecurity,” Mr Murugu said.
“We are warning all those people who are resurfacing in the name of Mungiki. We will not allow the reemergence of Mungiki. You know that Mungiki is a sect that harms lots of people sometimes back and we will not allow us to go back to those days of terror. All security officers, especially chiefs and nyumba kumi elders, should be alert and ensure that we do not drag back to those days,” he added.
The ban came after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua recently raised an alarm over the reemergence of the outlawed Mungiki sect in his Nyeri backyard.
The DP assured Kenyans that the government would curb the entrenchment of illegal activities by the Mungiki group.
Mr Gachagua said that a section of rogue youths had started harassing businesspeople at the bus stages and shopping centers by forcefully charging them illegal taxes for them to continue operating their businesses.
“I want to assure our people that they should not be afraid. We will not allow that group to resurface. They have come back to terrorize our businesspeople. They have started extorting money from the businesspeople so that their businesses are safe,” Mr Gachagua said.
He was addressing mourners at PCEA Ngorano Junior School grounds in Mathira during the burial of Mercy Wairimu Kinyua – the mother of Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KLRO) chairman Peter Weru Kinyua.
“Where is the County Police Commander? I am telling you that you should protect these people together with their property. Why should the illegal group of youths collect money from matatu owners at the bus stages, yet you (County Commander) are there? That is your work,” the DP told Nyeri County Police Commander Benjamin Rotich at the funeral.
“This is a country that is governed by the rule of Law. People cannot continue living in fear in their own country where we have Laws and a government in place. We will not allow that,” he added.
After the funeral, the country’s second-in-command convened a brief meeting with top security officials before boarding the helicopter.
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