Some people honestly take things too far. It is good to care for your neighbours but everything should have some order. Three Nyumba Kumi Initiative members, among them an assistant chief, are being investigated over the killing of a resident at Kiangungi village in Kirinyaga County. The trio
On Sunday, Mr Mugute asked relatives of the slain man to record statements at the local police station. The administrator said the work of Nyumba Kumi members is to identify wrongdoers and report them to the police, not to take the law into their hands.
They are alleged to have committed the offence on the night of February 28. Mwaniki died at home soon after the brutal attack. Embu East Deputy Commissioner Leonard
“Those involved in the killing will be arrested and prosecuted and I urge relatives and residents to remain calm,” said Mr Mugute. Locals claimed the zealous suspects allegedly clobbered their victims with clubs after they stumbled on them drunk. They accused them of making noise that night and being a nuisance. “They brutally killed our colleague and they should face the law,” Mr Levi Bahati, a witness said.
As news of the fatal attack spread, residents staged a demonstration in the area demanding justice.