The former leader of the banned Mungiki sect
Maina Njenga has gone into hiding following
attempts on his life by disgruntled followers of
the group.
The Nairobian has reliably learnt that Njenga’s
older brother, Peter Kamunya, is leading a
splinter group that is dissatisfied with his
leadership.
The splinter group was responsible for a deadly
attack on May 4 in Kitengela town in which
Njenga escaped death by a whisker.
Five people were seriously slashed with pangas
in a fight, which sparked a spate of night-long
retaliatory attacks between the supporters of
the two brothers.
The chaos spilled into Monday May 5 morning
with the sect’s adherents battling in the streets
of Kitengela.
At the heart of the rebellion is the control of
Mungiki’s assets — mainly land, whose worth
is believed to be running into millions of
shillings.
