The Law Society of Kenya has criticized the government for being behind the abductions that have been happening since last year which led to several people being abducted and later released.
LSK told Justice Bahati Mwamuye that they believe the state is responsible for the abductions relating to Billy Mwangi and others and should be held accountable for the same.
LSK President Faith Odhiambo was submitting in a case challenging the abductions and seeking for the appearance of IG to appear and shed light on the same.
Several videos related to the ongoing abductions were played in court and one video showed President William Ruto vowing to end the abductions.
One of the clips shown featured President Ruto saying, “Tutasimamisha hizo abductions,” with another showing Journalist Macharia Gaitho being abducted by unknown individuals at Karen police station.
The court heard that the purpose of the clips was to try and establish how the arrests were being conducted and how people were being treated.
The court at the same time heard that two of the petitioners among them Steven Kavingo are still missing.
Odhiambo told Justice Mwamuye that they still don’t have answers regarding the whereabouts of the two missing persons.
Weeks ago, Judge Mwamuye had issued orders requiring the production of the petitioners and appearance of the IG in court over their alleged abduction.
At the time the orders were issued all of them were missing including Billy Mwangi, but they were released on January 6 living two others still missing.
Howe, the court has since suspended the earlier orders requiring the attendance of the IG Douglas Kanja.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) on its part also strongly condemned the recent surge of abductions and called on the state to put an end to “the heinous trend which is a gross violation of fundamental rights and freedoms”
The commission told the court that Billy Mwangi, and five others were abducted by armed masked men and moved to different locations during their captivity.
The court further heard that when they were released, they were given a transport fee ranging between sh 2000 to sh 3500.
