Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga was on Wednesday night arrested by a group of 50 police officers who raided his Kiserian home.
His lawyer Ndegwa Njiru revealed that Njenga was taken into custody without being informed of the charges or reasons for his arrest. Additionally, his brother Njoroge Njenga and personal assistant Ole Lekishe were also whisked away during the night raid. Njiru said the arrests are an attempt to quell anti-government protests.
The arrests occurred on the same day that Raila Odinga’s associates and political allies were also taken into custody. Despite the protests being scheduled for three days, the first day saw little participation in major cities, with protests being contained in the outskirts of traditionally opposition areas. After searching for Babu Ongili in over five police stations on Wednesday, his wife Fridah Ongili pleaded with the government to release her husband.
“Yesterday (Tuesday, July 18), he called me at around 11:00 PM and told me that he was at the airport and had been detained by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officers,” Fridah narrated.
She revealed that the lawmaker is being held at Wanguru Police Station in Mwea and that the officers were processing him before arraignment. Meanwhile, Azimio principal Martha Karua has blamed the government for the violence that occurred during Wednesday’s protests. She reiterated that the peaceful anti-government protests will continue as planned.
“Once again, the people have spoken loudly and clearly by denouncing the punitive taxes imposed on them by the illegitimate Kenya Kwanza regime through the ill-fated Finance Act 2023. In one accord, the people have declared that if the regime cannot listen to them, they will liberate and fend for themselves,” Karua stated.
Maina Njenga’s face looks…
Maina Njenga’s face looks like he doesn’t take no nonsense from anyone.
Mungiki menace kriminos! We…
Mungiki menace kriminos! We need Michuki back from the grave, rise up, mzee, it’s not yet time to sleep!!!
Ruto is turning Kenya into a…
Ruto is turning Kenya into a palliar nation! He can arrest every Kenyan but his daughter w fall is on the offing!
@Juju this smells like…
@Juju this smells like detention without trial. It was a prominent feature of the Kenyatta and nyayo eras. Torture and disappearances were the sidekicks to detention without trial. You may celebrate now but it is really bad for any country. Fyi it’s been known to turn on those closest to power so don’t get to comfy.
@mûrogi for kriminos who are…
@mûrogi for kriminos who are hellbent on seditious activities and to destroy our beautiful country using poor foolish Jaluos to cause chaos, destruction and mayhem, I am all in, the government of the day is responsible to installing sanity by whatever means necessary!!!
They lost the election, they must wait for next democratic election to persuade us that they deserve a shot! Causing chaos is sedition, they should actually be shot to death!!!
As a person who saw Moi in…
As a person who saw Moi in action and the last part of of Kenyatta, this path will lead to ruin. BTW mūrogi in original Gīkūyū didn’t mean what you think it does, mūrogi was a healer, mūgo was a prophet(diviner) or a seer, mūragūri was a fortune teller. Don’t let the white man cloud your mind
Domestic terrorists kingpin…
Domestic terrorists kingpin funded by UHuruRao
To kill a snake, you don’t…
To kill a snake, you don’t cut the tail, to get of mungiki you start from the top.