Kenya: Mungiki Does Not Exist, Says Njenga
By Albert Nyakundi, 29 April 2012
Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga yesterday denied claims by the police and Central Kenya politicians that the dreaded group has resurfaced.
Njenga dismissed the allegations, saying they were based on fears by the old politicial hierarcy in Central Kenya who had been unable to connect or address the problems of the youth in their region.
"I want to tell them that Mungiki does not exist. We have climbed the mountain and have embraced Jesus in our faith," he said at his Garden Estate church, which a week ago was the scene of a fracas in which four policemen were injured.
Njenga has since been charged with five counts of robbery with violence.
Njenga said the youth will run for electoral office at all levels from county representatives to the presidency. Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe was reported in yesterday's Sunday Nation as saying the banned gang is regrouping and that Kenyans must support the police in its war against the gang.
He said extortionist rackets have re-emerged in Nanyuki, Nyeri, Murang'a, Nyahururu, Kinangop and Kiambu. He said: "I do not know why Kenyans are playing with Mungiki. I don't know why people want to play with Maina Njenga."
But Njenga maintained that since he "got saved" his main duty is to unite Kenyans. He dismissed Gema as tribal and instead said that Kenyans should replace it with a Kenyan face.
"If you have realised that the youth will not support your political bid in 2012 you should stop branding the youth as being members of illegal groups and instead try something else," Njenga said.
He also warned the police against using the claims that Mungiki had regrouped to start killing, harassing or intimidating youth in Central Kenya.
Njenga said it was time politicians from the region allowed other leaders to emerge. "Gema has been in existence since 1953 and it is now time to try a different outfit," he added.
Njenga dismissed the allegations, saying they were based on fears by the old politicial hierarcy in Central Kenya who had been unable to connect or address the problems of the youth in their region.
"I want to tell them that Mungiki does not exist. We have climbed the mountain and have embraced Jesus in our faith," he said at his Garden Estate church, which a week ago was the scene of a fracas in which four policemen were injured.
Njenga has since been charged with five counts of robbery with violence.
Njenga said the youth will run for electoral office at all levels from county representatives to the presidency. Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe was reported in yesterday's Sunday Nation as saying the banned gang is regrouping and that Kenyans must support the police in its war against the gang.
He said extortionist rackets have re-emerged in Nanyuki, Nyeri, Murang'a, Nyahururu, Kinangop and Kiambu. He said: "I do not know why Kenyans are playing with Mungiki. I don't know why people want to play with Maina Njenga."
But Njenga maintained that since he "got saved" his main duty is to unite Kenyans. He dismissed Gema as tribal and instead said that Kenyans should replace it with a Kenyan face.
"If you have realised that the youth will not support your political bid in 2012 you should stop branding the youth as being members of illegal groups and instead try something else," Njenga said.
He also warned the police against using the claims that Mungiki had regrouped to start killing, harassing or intimidating youth in Central Kenya.
Njenga said it was time politicians from the region allowed other leaders to emerge. "Gema has been in existence since 1953 and it is now time to try a different outfit," he added.
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