Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has warned the outlawed Mungiki sect and its adherents that the government will not allow its resurrection in the country.
In a press briefing on Wednesday at Harambee House, the CS said the government has noted the resurgence of criminal outfits in parts of Central Kenya, Upper Eastern and Northern Rift Valley in what he termed as "cultural extremism".
"In Central Kenya, we have seen during the period under review a reemergence of cultural extremism by groups which are proscribed under the law of Kenya and which some people would like to revive. We saw them chanting the other day outside the DCI when we arrested a suspect," Kindiki said.
The CS was making reference to the incident on Thursday, May 25 after former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga was summoned to the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road.
A group of supporters convened outside the DCI offices and started chanting vernacular songs in solidarity with Njenga.
Kindiki said the incident was a show of impunity, and reiterated that the government will not allow the country to go back to the yesteryears when criminals committed heinous crimes under the guise of culture.
The CS termed as enemies of Kenya individuals taking part in the recruitment of youths to join proscribed criminal groupings.
"For the sake of Kenya, we have to come for you and we will get rid of you so that you go where criminals go, criminals are supposed to be in prison," he said.
Kindiki said whereas the government is working to decongest prison facilities, there is room for dangerous criminals the ilk of those recruiting unsuspecting youths into criminal gangs.
He said the recruiters are giving the youth hard drugs and lying to them that they can fight security agencies deployed to maintain peace.
Kindiki said the illegal groupings that are threatening to reemerge are responsible for the insecurity cases the country is grappling with at the moment.
He said some are engaged in cattle rustling, extortion, rape and sexual violence against girls and women.
