Nakuru County Commissioner Mohammed Birik has dismissed allegations that members of the outlawed Mungiki sect were used to evict hawkers from the Nakuru central business district.
A section of politicians in Nakuru said the eviction last week were effected by the outlawed group and Birik called on the politicians to provide him with evidence of their claims.
Addressing a weekly briefing at his office this morning, Birik said that those talking about Mungiki are just out to cause fear among residents of Nakuru town.
He added that the group being talked about was neutralised under the Kibaki regime and asked the politicians to show evidence of their claims.
“Everybody knows what happened to Mungiki and it is well known that the group is no more. Those who are talking of Mungiki evicting hawkers should come out and show us where they saw them. Residents of Nakuru should consider the claims as cheap rumours being made by politicians,” said Birik.
Birik said that the people who were evicting hawkers from the CBD were police officers in collaboration with county askaris.
“Unless you want to tell me that the police have turned into mungiki but what I know is that hawkers were moved from the CBD by the police with the help of county officials,” he said.
Last week, Nakuru town east MP David Gikaria had claimed that Mungiki members were deployed by the county government to harass and evict hawkers from the CBD, claims that were denied by the county government.