A suspected member of the outlawed Mungiki sect was hacked to death as several others escaped at the South Ngariama ranching scheme in Murinduko ward in Mwea-East.
According to the residents, over 500 people from South Ngariama managed to chase them away and set seven semi-permanent houses on fire.
“We set seven semi-permanent houses on fire yesterday. Today, we have set over ten houses on fire. As we speak, more than ten houses have been set ablaze,” one of the resident stated.
“We said enough is enough after they started extorting money from us and stealing livestock. We killed one of them, while the others escaped with injuries yesterday. Last night, we killed another one as we continue flushing them out,” said Peter Maingi.
Locals in South Ngariama believe that over 30 members of the outlawed sect had been living in the scheme, where they had taken several pieces of land from the locals and planned to attack them.
“They wanted to chase one resident from his piece of land when the angry residents attacked them. Despite being armed with assorted weapons, we managed to overpower them, and one was killed before his body was set on fire,” a resident Peter Wanjohi said.
“We don’t want them here. We want to expel them because they have been extorting money from the residents and taking our pieces of land by force. This man had been using these people to forge our land documents, causing confusion in this scheme, but we have said enough is enough,” William Muthike said.
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