Police forced to 'rescue' Maina Njenga from armed Maasai youths

Former Mungiki Leader Maina Njenga being escorted from his Kitengela home by a contingent of police officers following a threat by a section of Maasai community members Saturday that they would storm his house to evict him and bar him from burying his wife. [ PHOTO: SIMON KILONZI/STANDARD]

KAJIADO, KENYA: Tension gripped Kitengela town, Kajiado County when a contingent of police officers came to the rescue of former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga after a group of armed Maasai youths threatened to attack his home.

Hundreds of police officers, led by Machakos County Commander Gideon Amala, stormed Mr Njenga’s Nkurunga estate home at 12pm and ordered everyone to get out. Scores of mourners were camping at the home awaiting the burial of Njenga’s wife, who died when the former Mungiki leader together with others were attacked a few weeks ago along the Nakuru-Nyahuru road.