Ex-Mungiki leader Maina Njenga allegedly kidnapped

NjengaFormer Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Photo/Courtesy.

Maina Njenga, a former Mungiki leader, has reportedly been kidnapped in Kiambu town by unidentified individuals.

Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru claims that he was kidnapped from his Kiambu home on Saturday night.

Posting on his X handle, Njiru said, “My client Maina Njenga has been abducted by the DCI from his house in Kiambu… He has been taken to an undisclosed location.”

According to Njoroge Kamunya, Njenga’s brother, the former Mungiki leader was removed from his car, The Standard reported.

Police reportedly searched Maina Njenga’s three properties in the counties of Nairobi, Nakuru, and Laikipia in May.

Njenga is said to have been detained by police in lower Matasia, Ngong, in July and transferred to an undisclosed location.

After being detained, Maina Njenga was later charged in Makadara courts.

However, he refuted the charges.

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