Officers from different police units on Friday morning raided the homes of former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga.
The teams, which arrived at around 4am at his Lavington, Karen and Nyandarua homes, are said to have asked workers about the whereabouts of their boss.
Maina was not in any of the homes. When the workers failed to reveal the whereabouts of their boss, they were arrested.
“They said they were looking for me. I do not know why but I see it as politics and harassment, which should stop,” he told sauce.co.ke.
He claimed that the raid was in connection with the planned State funeral of Field Marshal Mukami Kimathi on Saturday.
He alleged that the police are looking to stop him from attending the funeral.
Just two weeks ago a video emerged showing the former leader of the Mungiki sect, leading a group of youths in singing peace songs.
This move led to speculation about a possible resurgence of the once-powerful militia group that was notorious for its brutal tactics.
President William Ruto will lead Kenyans in paying their last respects to the late Mukami Kimathi; the widow of freedom fighter Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi on Saturday.
The late freedom fighter will be laid to rest at her family home in Njabini, Nyandarua in a state funeral.
“Thereafter, the cortege will leave for the burial a ceremony which will be held on the same day at her rural home in Njabini, Nyandarua County as per the family wishes,” Omollo said in a statement.
Until her death, Mukami had been advocating for the exhumation of the remains of her husband to be buried at their home.
Official government records show that Kimathi was captured by the colonial administration in 1956 at Kahigaini in the Aberdare ranges and executed in 1957 in Kamiti Prison.
“I do not want to die before being shown the exact place where my husband was buried. I want to see the remains of my Kimathi before I go. I do not have long to live and this matter has been a thorn in my flesh,” Mukami said in a recent media interview.
The search for the remains of the patriarch started in the 1980s when the family petitioned the State to help them locate it. This attracted global attention, with several countries including Argentina offering to help.
“I want to be shown my husband’s grave. I want to know where he was buried. No one knows where my Kimathi was buried except the British government and I want President William Ruto and King Charles to intervene in this matter,” Mukami told the media late last year.
