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Alarm as criminal gang forces traders to pay ‘protection fee’

Nyeri town’s main matatu stage that is said to have been infiltrated by a criminal gang that operates like the outlawed Mungiki sect. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

A vicious gang operating in Nyeri town has sparked fears that the outlawed Mungiki sect might be regrouping.

According to people aware of the operations of the gang, its members are so feared that they have forced a contractor on a road project within the town to cease operations after failing to pay protection fee.

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