According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, 82 people have been abducted since June of this year, with 29 still missing.
The commission documented 13 incidents in the last three months, seven of which occurred in December alone.
One person has been identified out of the seven reported this month.
The six people who are still missing are alleged to have been taken between December 17 and December 25.
Steve Mbisi from Machakos, Billy Mwangi from Embu, Peter Muteti from Nairobi, Bernard Kavuli from Nairobi, Gideon Kibet, often known as Kibet Bull from Nairobi, and Rony Kiplang’at from Kiambu.
Roselyne Odede, chairperson of the KNCHR, expressed concern over the worrying trend and insisted that they are closely monitoring the situation.
Kenyans were outraged on social media at the suspected abduction of a prominent cartoonist on December 24 as he was leaving his job.
The pressure on security agencies got so intense that the Inspector General of Police, Kanja, was obliged to publish a statement on Wednesday distancing police from any role in abductions.
Kanja’s remark, however, raised more questions than answers, leaving the public to speculate who was behind the abductions.
Narc-K party leader Martha Karua, Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, and AUC Chairperson hopeful Raila Odinga are among the notable figures putting pressure on IG Kanja to clarify the matter.
Meanwhile, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) released alarming statistics on Friday, alleging that 82 people had been kidnapped since June 2024.
According to the commission, six Kenyans were allegedly abducted in December of this year alone.
