Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has raised concerns about abductions and called on the government to urgently address the issue.
Muturi who convened a press briefing at a hotel in Nairobi on Sunday wondered why the government was not addressing the issue of abductions that has been in the headlines in recent weeks.
“The government cannot be excused for abdicating its duty of protecting the lives and property of the people of Kenya,” he said.
The Public Service Cabinet Secretary called out the government in which he serves over the abductions, saying: “On Friday last week (3rdJanuary 2025) at a funeral in Embu, I stated that it was not possible for the government to say that it did not know anything about the abductions because that amounts to shunning its responsibility on accountability.”
Muturi said he was concerned that “there has been a number of abductions and in some cases unexplained deaths since the Gen Z revolts in June last year.”
He narrated how his son was a victim of the abductions.
“My son was abducted and disappeared, I was not sure whether he was alive or dead, making us anxious and leaving me, my wife and my family in turmoil. It must be remembered that I was the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya at the time, yet I was unable to trace my son despite making several requests and demands to all levels of the security apparatus,” Muturi said.
Here is the statement he read at the briefing:
