A top Jubilee Member of Parliament (MP) has given a detailed account of how a group of criminals has been trailing and threatening him.
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah revealed to Kenyans.co.ke how three men started visiting his home purporting to be guests then later sent a note with death threats.
Ichung'wah says it all started on May 20 when the three suspects, in a hired taxi, followed him as he headed to his Kikuyu home.
On that day, two men entered his home while one was left waiting inside the getaway car at the roadside. The two talked to the MP's gateman and asked to speak to a Mr Karanja, the compound's farmhand, whom they called by his name.
The gangsters then demanded to speak to the MP claiming to have had an appointment and insisted that they knew he was at home at that moment. Mr Kimani had, however, arrived home then left a few minutes before the gang came in.
A relative of the legislator noticed the car outside the compound and got suspicious, hence, took its registration number.
On receiving news that some men were trailing him, the lawmaker reported the matter to the police who tracked the taxi and arrested the driver. The driver was later released on account that he had actually sent a signal to fellow drivers and a sister to the MP informing them that he had ferried a group of anxious and nervous men to Mr Ichung'wah's compound.
The Public Investments Committee Vice-chairman further stated that on Wednesday last week, a group calling itself Wana Ngaza, sent a letter wrapped in a polythene bag and tied it to his gate.
The letter seen by Kenyans.co.ke reads: “Karanja uliandikisha ripoti kwa polisi ukatuma mipango yetu isambaratike. Kuanzia leo tunakuwinda na tuko na mipango ya mheshimiwa. Futi sita mnaenda (Karanja, you reported to the police and disorganised our plans. We have plans for you. You will still go six feet under).
The lawmaker said Mr Karanja, his gardener, was later abducted and taken to an undisclosed location. The gang then used Karanja's phone to call one of the MP's staff informing her that they had kidnapped her colleague.
“Unajua mwenye hii number. Tumeshika (Do you know the owner of this number, We have him),” a male voice says in a recorded call.
Ichung'wah narrates that the gardener later managed to escape from the gang's net, but sustained injuries and was undergoing treatment.
Following the turn of events, the legislator was forced to write a statement at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Kikuyu area, which was also copied to Cabinet Secretary for Interior and the President.
A phone conversation between the MP's staff member and one of the gangsters:
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Here is the letter from the group calling itself Wana Ngaza:
