A Kenyan engineer operating in South Sudan escaped after over a week in captivity, according to reports from Juba.
According to Radio Tamazuj, the Kenyan, identified as Richard Matiangi, was abducted on Wednesday, July 30, by an armed group in Morobo County near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, some 200 kilometres from Juba.
Reports indicate he was ambushed while on the road travelling to Uganda, with armed assailants killing his colleague, another Kenyan engineer, James Kariuki, before setting the car on fire.
The perpetrators are said to have torched the car with the Kenyan inside.
