Opposition leaders have strongly condemned the alleged abduction and torture of Juja MP George Koimburi, describing it as a dangerous indicator of escalating political repression in Kenya.
They termed the incident part of a pattern of kidnappings and attacks aimed at silencing critics of President William Ruto's administration.
Addressing the media on Monday at Karen Hospital, where Koimburi is receiving treatment, Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua, Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa, and former Cabinet Secretaries Justin Muturi and Mithika Linturi decried the incident as an assault on democracy and freedom of expression.
Kalonzo rejected claims by the National Police Service (NPS) that the MP had staged his own abduction, dismissing them as outrageous. "When you hear claims that Mheshimiwa abducted himself, you can only pray for such people.
