MADRID Dec. 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The President of Kenya, William Ruto, assured this Friday that the Government will put an end to kidnappings “so that young Kenyans can live in peace”, a day after the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) estimated that 82 kidnappings or forced disappearances in the last three months.
“We all want to walk together. I want to urge all parents that our children are a blessing from God and that they must take care of them and the Government will do its part,” Ruto said in a speech on the occasion of a football match, according to has picked up the Citizen television network.
Thus, the president has insisted on stopping the wave of kidnappings: “And what has been said… kidnappings matter. We will stop. So that young Kenyans can live in peace and have discipline so that we can build Kenya together,” he has asserted.
On the other hand, former vice president Rigathi Gachagua has pointed out the State and the president as responsible for the disappearance of the young people, linking these events with the criticism directed at the president for his management.
These statements come after the KNCHR, an independent institution financed by the State, warned of the “worrying” number of kidnappings carried out “clandestinely.” In the last three months, thirteen cases have been registered, and since June 2024, after anti-government protests, a total of 82 people.
The entity has condemned these kidnappings by declaring that “they have no place in a democratic State.” “The Commission warns that if these patterns of kidnappings continue, we will be rapidly returning to the dark days of our history, when such attacks were primarily intended to instill fear in anyone who criticized the Government,” they added.
On December 26, the Police issued a statement declaring that the agents are not responsible for the kidnappings that have occurred.
Given this, the KNCHR has reiterated that the role of the security forces is “to protect all people in Kenya from these violent acts, taking into account in particular that these abductions occur in broad daylight and that some of them are captured by security cameras, but that no arrests are yet being made”
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