Abductions: Why the buck stops with Ruto

Plain cloth police officers arrest a protestor during anti-government demonstrations along Moi Avenue in Nairobi, on July 16, 2024. [File, Standard]

Desperately trying to secure his son’s release from captivity, a distressed Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi knew only one person could help – President William Ruto.

His statement to investigative agencies on Tuesday painted a helpless man who had tried everything to locate his son, Leslie Muturi, abducted then by persons he said were National Intelligence Service agents.

Never mind he was the Attorney General, the government’s lead legal advisor. He was also a member of the National Security Council (NSC), which oversees all security organs. The situation exposes the dysfunctionality of top State organs.