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We shot Maina Njenga, Mungiki's 'Jeshi' claims

Maina Njenga after the shooting along Nairobi-Nyahururu Highway

A week before Maina Njenga was shot at in Ol Kalao, The Nairobian published a story in which we spoke to Mungiki insider who simply stated, “Maina Njenga must die.”

The words were almost prophetic seeing that it was barely a week before the former Mungiki leader’s car was riddled with 25 bullet holes. While Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku quickly denied that police were involved, Maina has been adamant that the attempted murder was executed by police officers.

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