The government has contradicted itself by re-arresting Maina Njenga, the man known to be the leader of outlawed Mungiki sect. The man was arrested minutes after the high court quashed his five year jail term he was given two years ago. His freedom was short lived since even before he joined his family members, the police commissioner hurriedly sent statements to newsrooms saying Njenga had been re-arrested since he ordered the execution of 28 people on the night of April 20 and 21 in Nyeri east in the Central province of Kenya.

He said Njenga would also be investigated in connection with other criminal offences attributed to the Mungiki sect. Njenga, who has served close to two years in jail, was sentenced by the magistrate’s court after he was found guilty of being in possession of a pistol without a certificate.

He was also charged with trafficking in drugs — 22 rolls and 200 grammes of bhang found in his house at Zambezi Estate in Ngong. The charge failed because it made no reference to the Firearms Act and that the pistol in question was a ‘rump’.

On possession of narcotics, the judge said the distinction between “possession” and “trafficking” was not taken into account. To state that Njenga masterminded the recent massacre raises a lot of questions, when this happened he was in jail. So how did he reach his people? The issue of security in this country has been thrown to the dogs. People live in fear whether in rural or urban areas.

The police force has let us down, the Mungiki menace would not be eating us up if only it was nipped in the bud. The sect even seems to be more intelligent than our intelligence services.