Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua has been told to explain his alleged involvement with suspected Mungiki sect members.
Nakuru hawkers chairman Simon Nasieku said the governor should tell residents about his relationship with an alleged Mungiki member, Joseph Chege, alias Jose, who was killed last month.
Last week on Thursday, Mbugua denied the allegations.
He said he does not support the outlawed Mungiki sect.
Mbugua said he knew Chege since 1997 and his relationship did not start when he became the Nakuru governor.
In letter sent to the governor yesterday, Nasieku said Mbugua was quoted during the burial of Chege as saying: “Chege was supporting youth projects in the county.”
“The Nakuru governor should provide public explanation of and justification for the nature and extent of involvement with a group headed by Chege,” the letter read.
Nasieku asked the governor to explain the type of projects, which Chege supported in Nakuru town.
He also said the governor should explain where the terror gangs were getting money to fund projects in the town.
The chairman said that Chege and his team were involved last year in January when the county was moving hawkers off the streets.
“The governor must explain why he used a gang, which is suspected to be Mungiki, in the relocation of traders from the streets of Nakuru town,” Nasieku said.
Speaking to the Star after handing the letter to the governor, he said most traders suffered at the hands of a group.
Traders interviewed and who requested anonymity, said Chege and his group were part of Mbugua’s campaign team in 2013.
