Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has been arrested. Njenga and Embakasi Member of Parliament Babu Owino have been transferred from Wang'uru police station.

Sources have revealed that Mr Njenga was arrested together with his brother and personal assistant in Matasia, Kiserian Sub-County in Kajiado.

His lawyer Mr Ndegwa Njiru said that the family had informed them that Mr Njenga had been arrested by a group of people who introduced themselves as police officers.

“He has been arrested by people who were in more than 20 vehicles. This is not an arrest but an abduction,” the lawyer told Nairobi News on the phone.

Mr Njenga was picked up by the officers who said they wanted to question him on his involvement in the ongoing anti-government demonstrations on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, witnessed in various parts of the country.

His family revealed that they were beaten and their phones confiscated.

Mr Njenga has been accused of trying to regroup the Mungiki group, which is an outlawed group in the country.

The country is currently witnessing the third wave of demonstrations that were called by Mr Odinga.

The demonstrations are scheduled between Wednesday, July 19 to Friday, July 21, 2023.