Former Chief Justice David Maraga has criticised President William Ruto's administration for failing to resolve the surging cases of abductions in the country.

Maraga on Friday evening said that the continued abduction of Kenyans strained the collective conscience of the country and went against the rule of law.

The former Chief Justice, while taking a swipe at the Kenya Kwanza government, noted that abductions and extrajudicial killings were a profound betrayal of the country's future and the sanctity of the Constitution. "A leadership that abets a culture of killings and human rights violations jeopardises its legitimacy.

We cannot be lulled into complacency in the face of such assaults on our shared humanity," Maraga stated.