A new twist has emerged from the Flamingo estate after Wednesday night attack that left one person dead with scores of others injured and residents now claim that the police had been alerted to an impending attack.
They say that tension has been rife in the area for the past one week after leaflets were discovered warning them to 'expect the worst anytime'.
The residents say that they had reported the matter to area police station but interestingly, nothing was done to intensify night patrols.
"We took up the initiative of informing our law enforcers after we got wind of a planned attack on an unknown date," said Melisa Mueni, a victim of the attacks.
"This was confirmed by the distribution of warning leaflets at night a week ago by unknown people," added Mueni.
She accused the police of not taking the threat seriously arguing that the situation could have been better if they could have heeded to their reports.
"We feel let down by our police officers because the attack has come barely a week after we reported the matter concerning the warning leaflets," said Mueni.
"I believe this attack could have been prevented if we had committed officers at our disposal," she added.
A group of youths are said to have emerged from the adjacent Rhonda slums and descended on the residents with machetes, pangas and other crude weapons with police suspecting that they could be members of the dreaded Mungiki sect.
Nakuru county police commander Hassan Barua yesterday told reporters that two members of the gang had been arrested and called for patience as they help the police in the investigations on the attack that has been branded the worst in the area in the past 10 years.
The residents are now living in fear not knowing when the gang might strike next because their origin and motive still remain unknown.