Kenya's Mungiki leader to step down

Written by Team Gacimi
Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:38
The head of an outlawed sect accused of be-headings, extortion and racketeering in Kenya has said that he is stepping down as the group's leader. Mungiki leader, Maina Njenga was freed from prison last week, after Kenyan authorities dropped multiple murder charges against him, citing a lack of evidence. Returning to his home after more than five years in jail, Njenga renounced violence and called on his followers to give up crime. But his departure from the Mungiki sect raises questions about the future of the group and the effect it could have on Kenya's political landscape.Here's what Maina Njenga had to say while being interviewed by Al Jazeera.

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