Nakuru Law Courts has acquitted former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga and eleven others of criminal charges against him for lack of evidence.

Njenga was charged with seven counts of being a member and a leader of the outlawed Mungiki gang.

Together with the co-accused persons, Maina had been accused of engaging in organized crimes and planning criminal activities at his house in Wanyororo, Nakuru County, on May 12, 2023.

Njenga had been seeking to have charges against him dropped, challenging the authenticity of charges against them about the outlawed Mungiki sect.