FORMER Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has recorded a 20-page statement with the CID claiming that a senior politician from Central Kenya and an assistant minister have been threatening to kill him. At this stage it is not known whose names were mentioned by Njenga in his statement.
Njenga recorded his statement with Nairobi deputy CID boss Julius Rutere for a second day yesterday. And Water assistant minister Ferdinand Waititu hotly denied that he had been summoned by the police over Njenga's statement, as claimed by lawyer Paul Muite.
Waititu denied ever threatening Njenga and said the Mungiki leader was kicking up a fuss to avoid paying his debts. "Maina Njenga should stop crying foul and pay the mortuary bill at Umash Funeral Home," said Waititu.
The bill had mounted to Sh6 million after the body of Njenga's wife Virginia Nyakio was kept there for two years. Mungiki had refused to bury Nyakio until Njenja was released from prison. "He should not think that by making such accusations, I will help him pay the bill. He received up to Sh7 million donations from well wishers which he embezzled and it's now time for him to foot the bill alone," said Waititu.
Njenga formerly headed the proscribed Mungiki organisation but became a born-again Christian after his release from prison in 2010. He how heads the Hope International Ministry. Njenga addressed a press conference at a Nairobi hotel yesterday afternoon. He said the politicians after him were angry because they believe that he sponsored a former Mungiki member to testify at the Hague against the ICC suspects.
David Waithaka Wagacha was reportedly the No 3 in the Mungiki hierarchy and is now under protection in Europe. Njenga recorded the first part of his statement at the Nairobi area CID offices on Monday afternoon. He was directed by lead investigator Rutere to come back yesterday for further questioning.
Njenga told journalists that he had given CID the names of the politicians who have been threatening him. He said that Rutere had informed him that police would soon be summoning the two politicians for questioning.
CID Director Francis Muhoro told the Star that he was not in a position to confirm that the Provincial CID boss Peter Muinde had summoned the two politicians because he had not yet been briefed. Two workers who were at Njenga's Karen and Kitengela homes also recorded statements. They were present when police officers said to be from the Kwekwe Squad came looking for Njenga last Thursday.
Njenga told reporters that he wanted to meet Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere to brief him and request for police security. The Star has established that the controversial witness was a former aide to Njenga and the third in command in the Mungiki hierarchy.
Wagacha, 42, together with his wife and four children left the country in mid-August. They were accompanied by a first cousin also called David Waithaka and his wife. Wagacha apparently was the operational commander of the Mungiki retaliatory attacks in Naivasha and Nakuru in January 2008 during the post-election violence.
Sources close to Mungiki claim that Wagacha had fallen out with Njenga. Wagacha had apparently demanded that Njenga pay him Sh100 million compensation after his two brothers were killed during the Mungiki crackdown in 2007.
His brothers Charles Ndungu Wagacha and George Njoroge were also top Mungiki leaders and aides of Njenga. Ndungu was killed together with another man identified as Naftaly Irungu as they drove to Naivasha in 2007.
Njoroge was a driver for Njenga's wife Virginia Nyakio. They were murdered and their bodies dumped in Gakoe village, Gatundu in April 2008. After Njenga refused to pay the compensation, Wagacha tried to form a splinter Mungiki group in 2010.
Wagacha was suspected by his rivals of smearing Njenga and even produced a CD called 'Amepagawa' portraying Njenga as a leader possessed by demons of Mau Mau. By last August, Wagacha and Njenga were reportedly not on speaking terms.
Last evening, lawyer Paul Muite, who accompanied Njenga to the CID, said the police were yet to provide them with copies of their statements. Muite said Rutere told him that he had summoned Waititu who had been mentioned by Njenga in his statement.
Last Friday, CID officers were stopped from recording Njenga's statement in Langata by the DCIO. Paul Muite said he had never seen Njenga so scared.
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