Ruto pledges to stop ongoing abduction spree

‘We will stop the abductions’. Those are the words of President William Ruto who for the first time in the wake of an upsurge in abductions pledged to stop the spate of abductions targeting online critics of his administration. ODM leader Raila Odinga, who was in the president’s company and who has accused the state of involvement in the abductions called for a stop to the enforced disappearances of Kenyans. Ayub Abdikadir reports on the president’s in contrast statement to those issued by the national police service and the directorate of criminal investigations.