‘This Is Primitive!’ – Raila Finally Speaks On Rampant Abductions By The Gov’t
Raila Odinga, the African Union Commission chairperson candidate, has criticized continuous abductions in the country and urged the government to put an end to the “primitive” conduct.
Raila condemned such crimes as unacceptable in today’s world and stated that the country cannot afford to return to the dark days of the past.
“We want a safe and secure country. Gone are the days when they used to arrest you and take you to Nyayo House, these days you are being taken to unknown places. It’s primitive and it’s unacceptable,” he said.
“This thing must end completely…we don’t want such primitive things to happen in our country.”
Raila urged the government to accept responsibility and ensure that all abducted Kenyans be released, easing the grief of parents who are sobbing for their children.
He stated that some families and parents are in distress because their children were abducted by someone claiming to be police officials and are being detained incommunicado.
“So I want to urge the government to ensure that this matter ends completely this year. We want a safe and secure country.”
“You are taking us back to the dark days,” Raila Odinga faults Ruto’s government over abduction of critics pic.twitter.com/w3LyK6ZheQ
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 25, 2024
Raila made the statements in a church in Siaya that he had attended Christmas.
The former Prime Minister’s words follow the abductions of three bloggers – Bill Mwangi, Peter Muteti, and Bernard Kavuli – as well as a fourth individual who, according to Ipoa, has yet to be identified.
Muteti is claimed to have been taken up by four guys outside a shop in Uthiru at 9 a.m. Saturday and loaded into a waiting vehicle, which raced away.
According to witnesses, one of the individuals who grabbed the social media celebrity wore a police uniform.
Mwangi, for his part, claims that four masked armed men in a double cabin pick-up truck forced him to leave a barbershop in Embu.
They claim to have posted offensive photographs of President William Ruto on their X (Formerly Twitter) handles.
Kavuli was reportedly kidnapped in Ngong town on Sunday in an incident tied to his social media activity, with the most recent posts on his X platform stressing topics relating to the 2007 post-election violence.
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A few days ago, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) demanded their release.
The Independent Police Oversight Authority (Ioa) announced Wednesday evening that it has begun investigations to determine whether police were truly engaged in the abductions as claimed.
In a statement, Ipoa chairperson Issack Hassan stated that rapid reaction teams have been despatched to the occurrences in Embu, Kajiado, and Nairobi.
The teams, he said are under “instructions to obtain all information that may be relevant in unveiling circumstances surrounding the abductions and where there was police involvement as general alleged.”
‘This Is Primitive!’ – Raila Finally Speaks On Rampant Abductions By The Gov’t
