Ex-Mungiki leader grilled at DCI offices in Nakuru

Nakuru, Thursday, May 25, 2023

KNA BY Jane Ngugi/ Dennis Rasto

Former Mungiki leader, Maina Njenga, was on Wednesday evening, briefly held at the Nakuru County Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices, where he was interrogated for 45 minutes, before being released.

Detectives at the offices directed Mr Njenga, who was accompanied by his lawyers Ndegwa Njiru and Steve Biko, to report to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Headquarters in Nairobi, where he is listed as a wanted person in relation to the recovery of two firearms and over 90 rolls of bhang, at a home linked to him.

The self-confessed ex-Mungiki boss, was nabbed by DCI officers who had been trailing him since morning, after the Nakuru Senior Resident Magistrate, Emmanuel Soita, declined to issue fresh orders, barring Maina’s re arrest.

Messrs. Njiru and Biko had pleaded with the Court to interpret orders issued by the Nairobi High Court, which stated that Maina should not be arrested, until charges are preferred against him.

Maina moved to the Milimani Law Courts and was granted an anticipatory bond of Sh100,000 on May 17, 2023.

Mr Soita indicated that Mr Njenga had appeared before a different court from the one handling his case, therefore, the Magistrate could not issue orders or give bail and bond for the applicant.

Mr Njiru had submitted before the Senior Resident Magistrate, that they had presented their client before the court after DCI issued a communiqué on Monday putting their client on its wanted list.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), through a post on its Facebook account, made the announcement, Monday night, saying; "Detectives in Nakuru County are looking for ex-Mungiki leader, Maina Njenga, in relation to the recovery of two firearms and over 90 rolls of bhang, at a home linked to him."

The recovery was made on May 12, when the police raided Maina’s home in Ngomongo village in Bahati, Nakuru.

"Officers arrested eight suspects, aged between 37 and 58, during the raid. They also found three rounds of 9mm blank ammunition hidden in one of the rooms," the DCI said in the post.

According to the police, one of the firearms was a homemade pistol, capable of firing, and the other was a Tokarev, with defaced serial number.

Detectives raided Maina Njenga's three homes in Nakuru, Nairobi and Laikipia on the morning of May 12.

According to sources privy to the investigations, the police intended to charge Maina with, allowing his residence to be used as a venue for meeting by the group.

"On diverse dates between May 12 and May 18, 2023, in Nakuru North Sub-county, Nakuru County, jointly with others not before the court, upon reasonable ground, were identified as members of an outlawed organized criminal group with links to Mungiki," the Charge Sheet for the twelve reads in part,"

 Courtesy ; K. N. A