Human Rights Watch Africa has exposed a special government security agency reportedly behind the spate of abductions recently witnessed in the country.

During the launch of its 35th Edition of the World Report, the lobby group attributed the surging cases of abductions in Kenya to a special security unit dubbed the Operations Support Unit (OSU).

According to the activists, the special unit was synonymous with the formerly disbanded Special Squad Unit (SSU) which was functional during former President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime.

Addressing the delegation, the Human Rights Watch Africa Director Otsieno Namwaya alleged that the OSU operated from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices in Nairobi.