Private security guards were deployed to guard the residence of former First Lady Mama Ngina at Nairobi’s Muthaiga estate.
This followed the withdrawal of official security assigned to her Tuesday evening.
Almost a dozen guards from a local company were keeping vigil in and outside the compound.
This was contrary to the past situation where General Service Unit personnel used to guard the place.
She is entitled to government security.
The guards were deployed moments after the GSU left.
A similar situation was replicated in her Gatundu home and most of the places she owns the property.
A guard at the Nairobi home said they were increased from two guards to five after the police left.
The withdrawal was anticipated after some government officials accused former president Uhuru Kenyatta, a son of Mama Ngina, of funding the protests.
He has denied the claims and accused the Kenya Kwanza government of being vengeful.
President William Ruto is among senior government officials who have blamed Uhuru for funding the protests, a claim he denied.
The deployment of the guards came in anticipation of a planned “peaceful march” by a group dubbed Nairobi traders to the residence.
The guards were told to seek reinforcements in case they were attacked.
It was, however, unclear if it would make good the threat.
In a letter addressed to Muthaiga police station OCS Tuesday, the group said it intended to plead with her to request retired president Uhuru Kenyatta to stop financing the Azimio protests.
The group’s chairperson Theuri Wanjiru claimed the protests have adversely affected their businesses and disrupted the livelihoods of the local community.
“While the nature of our gathering is firm and resolute, we emphasize that it is intended to be peaceful and respectful,” reads the letter.
Kenya Kwanza leaders have maintained they have evidence to believe Uhuru is financing the protests aimed at destabilizing the government.
Anti-government protesters continued to engage police in running battles on Wednesday leaving at least five with gunshot wounds in Nairobi and Migori.
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