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CS Muturi proposes commission of inquiry into abductions, extra-judicial killings

Former AG says it is not right that parents stay for up to 40 days to find their kids dead

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has proposed the formation of a commission of inquiry into abductions, enforced disappearances, and extra-judicial killings.

The CS stated the commission should comprise representatives from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), religious groups, and Civil society organizations like Amnesty International Kenya and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC).

“A commission of inquiry should be formed to inquire into these gruesome murders. It is not right that parents stay for up to forty days to find their kids dead. We cannot make it normal because these are very young lives being taken away,” Muturi said.

Muturi said that the country should shelve all the other things that is engaging in to address the matter which according to him can plunge the country into anarchy.

The CS said the matter cannot be taken as business as usual anymore.

“We have to put an end to this because we cannot continue taking it as business as usual. We must address the matter to finality as we get to the root of these abductions,” he stated.

The former AG dismissed calls for his resignation over his criticism of the government, arguing that the primary responsibility of any administration is to safeguard lives and property.

“Resignation is a side issue. It suffices that I sit in government. I am calling on the government to ensure this matter is discussed. We cannot say that you are in government or the other because the government exists to protect the life of Kenyans and their property,” Muturi stated.

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JB said he cannot respond to ‘people who have been directed to come out to the public and criticize him for his stand.’

He questioned the diplomatic involvement of Kenya in solving issues affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo when we are unable to end extra-judicial killings in our own country.

“We are pretending to be solving issues in DRC when we have a serious issue with several people dying. The number of people who have died is so huge that it should prick into the mind of any right-thinking leader in the country,” he stated.

Muturi’s sentiments were backed by Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo who said abductees will now freely speak of what happened to them because they have been threatened never to speak.

He said it would be a good healing point for them.

“The abductees have been threatened that if they ever say what happened to them, they be killed. The commission will enable them to come out and speak publicly,” he said.

According to the legislator, it is absurd that the inspector general of Police denied police involvement when veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho was abducted while at the Karen police station.

“We want people like Gaitho to come and say how he was bundled into a Probox while inside a police station. How is the IG denying that he does not know? He should be at the Karen police station to investigate who were these police stations. All this information can only come out in a commission of inquiry,” Maanzo said.

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Maanzo said most of the public is threatened when they go to the police stations hence even the fear of recording statements because of the trauma they undergo.

The Makueni senator said Kenyans should force the president to be accountable for what is happening in the country as he is in charge of security in the country.

Muturi’s remarks come after the bodies of Martin Mwau and Justus Mutumwa—who were among four men who went missing in Mlolongo last December—were found at the Nairobi Funeral Home.

Reports by Vocal Voices Africa Chairperson Hussein Khalid indicate that the bodies of Martin Mwau and Justus Mutumwa are badly mutilated and cannot be easily identified by their faces.

He said they were identified through their fingerprints and that the two who are still missing might be at the morgue too.

For over a month, their families have been searching for answers regarding their disappearance.

Early this month, Muturi made a damning revelation, alleging that his son, Leslie Muturi, had been abducted and later released by National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers following an order by President William Ruto.

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