The US Embassy in Kenya on Tuesday, December 31, broke silence on the recent spate of abductions witnessed in Kenya.
Charge d’Affaires Marc Dillard, in a statement, called for an end to the abductions urging for greater responsibility and respect for the rule of law.
Dillard, who took up official duty at the Embassy after the exit of Meg Whitman urged the government to borrow a page in the spirit of recently deceased former US President Jimmy Carter who championed human rights worldwide.
This comes after activists on Sunday, December 29, called Kenyans online to stage protests in attempts to push the government to release Kenyans who mysteriously went missing this December.
Many believe more than five people have been abducted including Steve Mbisi from Machakos, Billy Mwangi (Embu), Peter Muteti (Nairobi), Bernard Kavuli (Nairobi), Gideon Kibet alias Kibet Bull (Nairobi) and Rony Kiplang’at (Kiambu).
The protests in Nairobi led to the arrest of 23 persons amongst them Busia senator Okiya Omtatah who were later arraigned before the Milimani Law Courts and charged with incitement to violence and disobedience to the law.
However, the 23 were released by the High Court which ruled against a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to hold Omtatah and his co-accused in custody for 14 days.
Principal Magistrate Rose Ndombi instead granted their release on a cash bail of Sh1,000 each or a bond of Sh50,000.
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