President Ruto Guarantees All Abducted Kenyans Reunited with Families
- mwananchivoiceco
- May 12
- 2 min read
During a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, President Ruto announced that all Kenyans who had been abducted have been safely reunited with their families.
While addressing a journalist's question on the matter at State House on Monday, May 12th, the President assured that steps have been taken to prevent such a threat from happening again.
He stood next to the Finnish President, who is on a three-day state visit.
"All the people who were abducted, all of them, have been brought back to their families and I have given firm instructions that nothing of that nature will happen again," President Ruto.
“There is an accountability mechanism to ensure such situations are addressed. I undertook to the country that, as a democracy, Kenya will not go back to the dark days when citizens disappeared and their bodies were found in all manner of places. That will not happen under my administration.”
However, the President did not reveal the individuals responsible for the abductions that occurred during the intensified period of GenZ's protest from last year, 2024, to this year, 2025.
He disclosed the system he implemented to ensure accountability in addressing such a distressing issue.
“The first step I undertook when I became president was to ensure the independence of the police — to give them financial and operational autonomy,” President Ruto.
His statement follows his Broad Based government partner Raila Odinga's call at the beginning of the year to put an end to the widespread abductions occurring in the country at that time.
“Haya mambo ya kuteka watu nyara, kushika vijana, kwenda kuwazuilia, na kuwaua iishe katika taifa letu,” he said.
This is loosely translated to, “This issue of kidnapping people, abducting youths, locking them up and killing them should end in our nation.”
However, Interior CS Murkomen responded by denying any police involvement in the abductions, even as the country held speculative opinions about the armed forces.
"The National Police Service has confirmed to us that it has not arrested anyone and failed to take them to court as required by the law," Murkomen stated.
A May report by the human rights group Missing Voices indicated that at least 55 instances of enforced disappearances were documented in Kenya in 2024.
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