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Public Services Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has condemned the ongoing kidnappings and called on the government to arrest the perpetrators and release the illegally detained youths.
Speaking to reporters, Muturi said he had taken an ‘unusual step’, citing the case of his son who was kidnapped in June 2024 which caused his family great grief.
Muturi has said that despite being the Attorney General of Kenya at the time, his efforts to find his son were unsuccessful, and to this day (more than six months after his son was released) they have not received answers as to what happened, nor has he been brought to court to face charges.
“The primary responsibility of the government is to protect the lives of its citizens and it cannot claim to be unaware of cases of violations of the rights of its citizens, which include unlawful detention and denial of their right to life,” said Muturi.
Kenya has been hit by a wave of disappearances, with a government-funded human rights group saying more than 80 people have been abducted in the past six months.
On January 2, 2025, five young men who went missing before Christmas were found alive in different parts of Kenya.
About 24 people are still missing.
