This archive report was first published on 11 September 2019.
Residents of Icaweri and Ng'enda in Gatundu South took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the rising insecurity in their area.
According to eyewitnesses, the residents lit fires and blocked roads before being dispersed by the police.
The protests were sparked by the murder of a young man identified as George Kagua, who was killed just metres from President Uhuru Kenyatta's ancestral home the previous night.
The residents demanded better security, having had to endure criminal attacks in the past month.
One of the residents, George Kibe, had his son killed, his family dog killed, and three other family members badly injured in a gang attack.
As reported by Citizen TV, the National Police Service issued a stern warning in November last year over claims that there were efforts to revive criminal gangs in Murang'a County.
According to the police, certain individuals were seeking to further their selfish personal interests.
The warning came after the killing of a 15-year-old boy in Murang'a County, whose postmortem examination revealed that he died after being hit several times on the head with a blunt object.
Local MP, Kandara, alleged that illegal gangs such as Mungiki, 42 brothers, Usiku Sacco, and Gaza were recruiting newly circumcised men and 'punishing' those who refused to join them.
