Irate Kirinyaga residents hacked to death a suspected Mungiki member and torched seven semi-permanent houses for allegedly extorting money from the residents on Wednesday, January 29.
During the violent protests yesterday, the residents of the South Ngariama ranching scheme in Murinduko ward, Mwea-East, took the law into their own hands against suspected members of the outlawed Mungiki sect.
The residents are said to have caught up with one of the suspected Mungiki members in the area and, in a fit of fury, hacked him to death.
According to the residents, over 30 members of the outlawed sect had been living in the scheme, with others reportedly managing to escape the angry mob.
