On 8 August 2021, James Mungai, a land rights activist, and his wife Priscilla Wangui were attacked on their farm in Mithini, Muranga county, Kenya. Prior to the attack, unknown assailants destroyed their farm produce and threatened them with eviction from their ancestral land. The human rights defender is the chairperson of the squatters’ association in the area, and advocates for the rights of the squatters who are facing eviction by private developers who claim the land. The developers are said to allegedly collude with local authorities to intimidate and harass the Mithini community, including by instituting trumped up criminal charges.