Mungiki unleashes terror on village

When a convoy of more than 500 motorbikes stormed out of Kerugoya Stadium in Kirinyaga County on April 21, 2009, there was palpable fear of bloodshed.

The bikes were ferrying nearly 1,000 fiercely-armed vigilantes, also known as Kenda Kenda, enroute to Karatina town, in the neighbouring Nyeri County, to deliver a message to members of the outlawed Mungiki sect – that they should not do anything stupid on Kirinyaga soil.