Mungiki leader goes underground

Nairobi, Kenya - The alleged chairman of the outlawed Mungiki sect, John Maina Kamunya has gone underground, the high court was told Friday.

A deputy chief state counsel, Horace Okumu told Justice Mohammed Ibrahim that police were still looking for the sect’s leader.

Okumu said if Maina surrenders he will be charged in court and released on bail like other suspected Mungiki members last month.

Okumu was in court in relation to a suit filed by Maina. Maina has sued the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police accusing them of infringing on his rights.

He is seeking an order to have GSU personnel camping at his farm in Kitengela removed. The officers have been at the farm for one month.