Maina Njenga condemns arrest of youth who were reportedly attending his rally
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Maina Njenga blames DP Gachagua over the arrest of Kikuyu youth who were arrested on suspicion of being Mungiki members
Maina Njenga blames DP Gachagua over the arrest of Kikuyu youth who were arrested on suspicion of being Mungiki members.
Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has denounced the government for allegedly intimidating and detaining innocent Kikuyu youngsters who were purportedly present at a rally organized in Kabiru-Ini, Nyeri County, by a faction of Mt. Kenya leaders.
Njenga claims that there was no such meeting planned since no public notice had been given and the young people who had been arrested were going about their business getting ready for the new year.
He accused Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of doing a political witch hunt that was spilling over to innocent youth.
“It bothers me that a Kikuyu leader is using the State machinery to criminalize the same people who supported him during the 2022 general election. By labeling our innocent youths as members of Mungiki, Mr. Rigathi is not only setting them up against the notorious police brutality, but he is also setting up the entire community for extinction,” he said.
“When did the jobless, hopeless, and disgruntled hustlers become Mungiki? Kweli asante ya punda ni mateke. Let the regime of the day stop, cease and desist from criminalizing innocent Kikuyu youths, and embark on addressing the underlying problem of the skyrocketing cost of living.”
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He has demanded that the regime stop criminalizing Kikuyu youth and instead address the skyrocketing cost of living.
“We urge the police or those who have arrested innocent youths to release them immediately. If the arrested youths will not be released on bail or bond by the police pending their arraignment in court, we urge the state to observe the 24-hour rule,” he said.
About 200 individuals were arrested in Nyeri town and its environs in a crackdown on supporters of the former Mungiki leader on Sunday.
The operation followed Nyeri County Police Commissioner Pius Murugu’s ban on a planned rally that was slated to be held and attended by a section of Mt. Kenya leaders, at the Kabiru-ini grounds stating that it was unlawful.
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