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Old image used to claim former sect leader attacked amid tensions with Kenya’s ex-deputy president

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Ex-deputy president Rigathi Gachagua accused ex-Mungiki leader Maina Njenga of trying to revive outlawed Mungiki sect.

He disrupted a prayer meeting in Nyeri county, leading to the evacuation of Rigathi 's spouse, Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, who was one of the event’s organisers.

The image shared online does not show the former sect leader being recently attacked.

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