Police now claim they are looking for ex-Mungiki leader Maina Njenga in relation to claims of recovery of two firearms and over 90 rolls of bhang from one of his homes in Nakuru.
Njenga says he has never owned a gun, used bhang or trafficked in the same.
He said the police claims are malicious and lies aimed at tainting his image.
Detectives in Nakuru said Monday the recovery was made in Ngomongo village in Dundori ward when a raid was staged there on May 12.
Njenga was not present but police found eight workers therein aged between 37 and 54 and added they also found three rounds of 9mm blank ammunition hidden in one of the rooms.
One of the firearms recovered was a home made pistol capable of firing while the other one was a Tokarev whose serial number had been defaced, police said.
Police want the public to help them in establishing the whereabouts of Njenga who they claimed has gone into hiding.
“Any information on the whereabouts of the ex-Mungiki leader who has since gone into hiding maybe volunteered through the #FichuakwaDCI anonymous hotline 0800 722 203,” said the DCI in a notice.
On May 12, police also raided his homes in Nairobi and Nyahururu saying they were looking for him.
Njenga then linked the raid to a planned funeral of Dedan Kimathi’s wife, Field Marshal Mukami Kimathi on Saturday May 13, 2023 in Njabini, Kinangop.
Njenga said the teams, which arrived simultaneously at 4 am at his Nakuru, Lavington, Karen and Nyandarua homes, told workers they were looking for him.
He said on the phone the officers knocked the homes and were let in before they picked a number of workers who were at his Lavington home and Nakuru.
Njenga said the move is part of efforts to stop him from attending the funeral.
He attended the funeral in the company of Azimio leader Raila Odinga.
He was manhandled as he tried to access the main tent where the funeral attended by President William Ruto was taking place.
Raila mentioned him as among those who had accompanied him amid applause from the mourners.
He said the era of using police to harass those with opposite political views ended and urged president William Ruto to rein in those behind the development.
Njenga is not new to such police harassment because of his former tag to the Mungiki.
He says he stopped being a leader of the group. He has been arrested and charged several times as part of efforts to link him to the group.
Njenga believes the developments are part of a power struggle in Mt Kenya region and that police are being used to harass him.
