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Kenya: Suspected Mungiki Member Laid to Rest in Odd Burial

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Residents of Maragua in Murang’a County were on Tuesday treated to a rare burial of a suspected Mungiki adherent.

The burial of Samuel Mwangi Njoki took place in less than 15 minutes under strict police watch.

There was no eulogy read, no tributes and no photographs.

Mwangi’s body was moved from Murang’a General Hospital mortuary at 9.30 am, arrived at his Mathare Estate home in Maragua town at 10:35 am and by 10.50am it was interred.

Mourners were then ordered to disperse by the close to 250 armed police officers present during the burial.

“This is not a proper burial ceremony for my brother. It is a shame and the government is not fair at all. This is like dumping him… ” shouted a man as police urged the speedy lowering of the casket and youths mobilised to heap soil in the grave.

By dawn, police had been deployed in Maragua town and sealed all access points to the burial site. Some 15 youths were arrested for various suspicions in the strict vetting of mourners that was put in place.

“We received intelligence information about some plans to have some people from Nairobi, Kitengela and Laikipia attend the burial owing to the deceased’s historical links with the gang world and we showed up to keep vigil,” said Murang’a South Police Boss Anthony Keter.

He said Mwangi’s had a teenage daughter who was lynched in Nairobi in February on suspicion that she was s Gaza gang member and that network had plans to attend the burial.

He said there has been several incidents in the region where dead criminals had been buried by their associates.