BBC News, Nairobi
According to reports, more than 80 government critics have disappeared in the past six months, which has caused strong opposition from the public in Kenya.
A judge warned that if senior security officials failed to appear in court for the third time explaining a series of recent suspected abductions, he would imprison them in contempt of court.
The case is related to the disappearance of the Kenyan National Human Rights Commission’s records of the protests that opposes tax increases nationwide last June.
It is said that at least 24 people are still missing.
Police and the government denied kidnapping and illegal detainees, but the country’s state -owned state supported the history of kidnapping, and some Kenyan people worried that they were returning to the dark past.
Police Director Douglas Kanja and Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau Mohamed Amin were ordered to be influenced by seven social media who disappeared in December.
At the beginning of January, five people suddenly appeared again across the country.
Kanja’s lawyer asked the court to give more time to record their statements and submit a report.
Billy Mangji is one of the five. The 24 -year -old man was allegedly abducted from 75 kilometers (46 miles) in his hometown in Erbu, central Kenya, which was obviously out of intimidation.
Billy’s father, Gerald Mwangi Karicha, told BBC that his son was traumatized.
“This boy didn’t share too much,” he said. “I can only say that when he comes, he is no longer at him. He looks shocked.”
Billy is a college student who has criticized the government bluntly on social media, Disappearing at an barbershop at EMBU on December 21, 2024.
According to witnesses, a masked man arrived in a Toyota Call and a double -cabin pickup, stuffed him into one of the cars and went away.
Within a few hours, what his family was most worried about began to appear.
“Most weekends, we are watching football together. His club is Chelsea; my club is Arsenal,” Gerald said.
On the night of Billy disappeared, he called to discuss a football game, but found that his son’s mobile phone turned off.
The owner of the barber shop later informed him the abduction incident, which caused a crazy search.
Billy’s mother collapsed after hearing the news, and the whole family spent the next few weeks.
After Billy was discovered, he was immediately taken to the hospital for a routine examination. His family said he was still recovering from trauma, but his release brought them a certain degree of relief.
Like many people who reappear after being accused of abduction, Billy rarely talks about his painful experience, perhaps because of fear.
Jamil Longton and ASLAM Longton were silent after being imprisoned in September for 32 days of release.
Jamil said that the brothers were warned that they would be killed if they asked for help from the media.
Three months later, a government official publicly claimed that their case was legal arrest.
Brothers and sisters believe that this confirms that government agencies are responsible for what they have experienced and have courage to say it.
“Kenya Constitution is very clear,” Jamil said. “You should be arrested and sent to court within 24 hours. Our time is 32 days. We have never received a lawyer on behalf of us anywhere.
“We are not allowed to see our family or communicate with family. So this is not an arrest, this is abduction.”
The two brothers told Broadcasting Corporation that Aslam had helped organize protests against tax increases in the town of Citten Ge near the capital Nairobi and was warned by security personnel to ask him to stop action.
One day in August, the two were taken on a car at the door of the house, covered with headscarves, handcuffed, and brought them to a unknown place, closed in the dark cells.
Aslam said he was often beaten and the abusers asked to know who funded the protests.
“I’m very scared,” he said. “When the door opens, that person will come in with optical cables and metal rods.
“I’m afraid he is here to hit me or kill me -only two choices come to hit me or kill me.”
Jamil said that the abducted persons were fully armed that they could track their mobile phones and have enough confidence to capture them under the light of light. Their actions and flexibility are the same as the human rights organizations reported in many cases.
But this does not mean that they are official security personnel, and government spokesman Isaac Mwaura denied that the country was behind the scenes of the abduction.
“Organic security may also be part of organizational crime,” he told Broadcasting Corporation.
“This may also be for political reasons … Our political critics have indeed criticized this issue. They are actually just to solve political grievances.”
Mr. Movara refused to comment Case of the Minister of Government Justin MuturiIt is one of the most severe allegations to Kenya security agencies.
Muturi said that his son was arrested by the National Intelligence Agency (NIS) and was released after he appealed directly to President William Rudo.
Mr. Movara said: “This is a question of investigation because this is his saying.” “But what is the opposite story of the National Intelligence Agency?
“I want to make it clear that the president of the Republic of Kenya, the head of the government, has not approved any form of abduction because he is a person who believes in the rule of law.”
In fact, Reto has publicly promised to stop the abduction and was forced to respond to the public’s anger and the concerns of Western allies.
Many people are distressed about the obvious systematic disappearance of anti -government activities in this way, reminiscent of the similarity of the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi in the 1980s and the 1980s and 1990s. practice.
Gitobu IManyara was a journalist and activist. He was committed to multi -party politics in the early 1990s and was arrested and beaten by the Moyi regime. He has no doubt that he is now seeing the implementation of the “Moi script”.
However, he said that the times have changed. The constitutional amendment has established more accountability mechanisms, “more people in Kenya society will not be scared.”
He told Broadcasting Corporation: “Democratic space has expanded to such a degree, and the government cannot want to eliminate the disagreement of democracy.”
He said that with social media, “the news spread almost immediately.”
“We can’t be reviewed like a fixed phone in the past.”
Reports on missing in recent weeks have gradually decreased.
However, although the police announced an investigation, no one was accused of conducting investigations, let alone convicted.
Some advocate groups have petitioned the Minister of Justice and demanded that the abduction case is submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
For those who are still missing, the nightmare is still going on.
“We are very frustrated and very frustrated,” Steve Mbisi’s sister Stacey Mutua, the sister of Steve Mbisi, said that he was one of the seven people who disappeared in December last year.
“We hope they will release him. (Most) The abducted person has been released, but he is still missing. We pray that he can be discovered.”