A clandestine training camp for the outlawed Mungiki sect has been smashed by police in a remote village in Nyandarua District.
Three initiates of the militant sect were arrested at the training base at Charagita's Olaimutia scheme in Ol-Jororok Division while scores of others eluded the police dragnet under the cover of darkness.
The 32-acre farm where the "college" is situated, belongs to the father of one of the self-confessed national leaders of Mungiki.
During the midnight raid at the camp, police recovered certificates written in Arabic, which were yet to be issued to the initiates, several pass-port size photographs, snuff, clubs and exercise books.
Other items recovered included literature authored by one Dr Maina Njenga and machetes.
Residents told reporters that the Mungiki followers held an oathing ceremony on Tuesday night in which they vowed to maintain secrecy over their clandestine movement.