Kikuyu cult's extortion racket raises spectre of the Mau Mau; Claiming to represent the poor, the mysterious, quasi-tribal Mungiki have been blamed for several recent Mafia-style murders carried out in Nairobi, writes Stephanie McCrummen.(Dispatches)

From: The Sunday Independent (South Africa) | Date: July 8, 2007 | Copyright information

An unimposing man known as Joe, alias Robertson Buili, alias Ndegwa, appeared at about 2pm at the Maxland Restaurant in Nairobi, took a seat and ordered a warm beer. At least five bodyguards followed, and tailing them a few minutes behind, the area police chief.

Like some Kenyan godfather in the pale sunlight, Buili, 36, was greeted by two bow-tied waiters who apparently recognised him as a leader in the Mungiki, a cult-like gang suspected of at least 12 beheadings and o...

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