I was in a group assigned to hack people to death. I slashed one man in the nape forcing him to fall down before my colleague finished him off,” the suspect said. He added that he was arrested by the police who rushed to the scene as he and his colleagues were fleeing towards Free Area. The limping suspect was 18-years-old. He claimed he joined the sect after completing primary school. He was introduced to the gang by one Mr Kimani. What followed was initiation in form of an oath . It involved stripping naked, smearing his body with oil and circling a fire several times. Kenyans recoiled in horror. “After the ceremony I was mandated to spread the sect’s  message and propagate its ideals to other people. But I’m yet to undergo all the required rituals,” he said. The suspect was arrested at Sita Centre, in Free Area. An exercise book containing the budgetary allocation was recovered. The group had drawn up a budget to purchase a generator worth Sh60, 000. They also intended to purchase 200 sheep and 10 cows. However, arrests and killings of young men suspected to be members have failed to stop the sect. Two weeks after the murders, Police Spokesman Mwangi King’ori said that at least 1,000 suspected members of Mungiki had been questioned. A total of 350 were already in custody. The arrests angered sect leaders.
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