Several leaders are now accusing the government of sponsoring the abductions and attendant extrajudicial killings in the country.
Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has joined those calling for an end to the trend and an establishment of a commission of inquiry to probe the spate of disappearances of youths that started after the Gen Z protests in June last year. Saying the abductions and killings are State-sponsored, Kalonzo now joins Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justine Muturi, Chief Justice Martha Koome and her predecessor David Maraga who have roundly condemned the heinous acts.
Ms Koome said the violations of Kenyans' rights through adductions, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings bring anxiety and trauma to families. "Why would somebody decide to kill another one, cut them into pieces, put them in a bag and throw them in a dam?
It is upon us to condemn those acts in the strongest terms possible," the CJ said when she visited Thika Law Courts on Friday. "Kenya is a country under the rule of law.