Mungiki Leader hiding

Maina Njenga, the self proclaimed converted mungiki sect leader has gone into hiding.

Njenga had last Wednesday claimed that his life was in danger saying unknown people had sent him threatening messages.

His disappearance also comes days after the killing of Mungiki spokesman Njuguna Gitau.

Gitau who had also claimed he was born again was gunned down on Thursday by an unknown assailant inside a mobile phone shop in the city's Luthuli Avenue at 4.15pm.

Njenga did not turn up at the Jesus is Alive Ministries church for the Sunday service as it had been expected.

Speaking to the press, Bishop and Starehe Member of Parliament Margaret Wanjiru said he had advised Njenga to take cover following the threats.

There was heavy police presence along Haile Selasi Avenue, where the church is located.

Bishop Wanjiru at the same time announced that Njenga will be among hundreds of his followers to be baptized on November 29.

Gitau Njuguna, a father of three, was shot inside an electronic shop on Luthuli avenue where he tried to seek refuge from the assailants, who had chased him for about 50m.

Detectives investigating the murder of Gitau said he could have been killed by gunmen who knew him.

Njenga was freed last month after the Attorney General entered a Nolle Prosequi on a case where he was accused of allegedly ordering the massacre of 29 people in Karatina, Nyeri District, by members of the outlawed sect.

He had been re-arrested in April this year moments after he was released by the High Court, following a successful appeal against a five year jail term for alleged illegal possession of marijuana and a firearm.