The reincarnation of Mungiki

By CCI Team

The outlawed Mungiki sect may look like it was extinguished, but investigations by CCI reveal that some former members have discreetly formed an offshoot that is silently fleecing Kenyans.

The new outfit calling itself "Unfinished" is flourishing in several bus termini and some trading centres especially in Central Province.
And its leaders are former Mungiki leaders who used to operate in the sect’s Central Province bedrock.

They may not spot dreadlocks or snuff tobacco like Mungiki was known to do sometimes back, but the group has its way of distinguishing its members.

Members of a vigilante group in Mathira, Nyeri prepare to defend their turf from a possible Mungiki attack. {PHOTOS/GEORGE MULALA/ STANDARD}

The group could have been involved in a robbery in Tetu Location where members of a women’s group lost over Sh300,000 to a gang that attacked them during a meeting.

They said from the description given by the women, it was clear that members of the group were behind the robbery.

"We tried to track them but we couldn’t get them at their hideout in Skuta," said one of the officers.

Two men believed to be part of the group were recently lynched by members of the public at Muringato Bridge near Nyeri town on suspicion that they were robbers.

During their funeral at Tetu, police stormed the ceremony and arrested five youths who allegedly belonged to the Unfinished group. But they were later released under unclear circumstances. And in December last year, trucks hired by the Government to transport relief food were forced to pay levies in parts of central province. Those who defied were harassed and threatened and eventually they had to pay.

During one such incident at Muthithi market Kigumo District, two group members were arrested by police for extorting money from the hired trucks.
But their colleagues armed with rungus confronted the officers demanding the release of their colleagues

In yet another incident last December, a security team led by Central Provincial Police Officer John Mbijjiwe bumped into a group of youth extorting from motorists while disguising themselves as youth maintaining order.

Mbijjiwe told a meeting of how his security officers had to shoot in the air to disperse the youths.
Incidentally, the PPO was on his way to a security meeting at Muthithi to address the Mungiki menace.

If action is not taken fast to weed out this group at this early stage, the hydra headed Mungiki may be on its way back.