Abducted Kenya School of Law President Joshua Okayo found in Murang'a
Kenya School of Law (KSL) Student Governing
Council President Joshua Okayo, who was reportedly abducted by police last
Wednesday during the peak of the anti-Finance Bill demonstrations, has been
found near Margua River in Murang'a County.
Okayo, whom reports indicate appeared to have
been tortured, is currently recuperating at Avenue Hospital in Thika under
close observation due to the psychological trauma of the ordeal.
Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith
Odhiambo has since confirmed Okayo's rescue and that of Regis Wanjala, another
student who also went missing on the same day.
"We have confirmation that two comrades
have been dumped at unknown locations after their abductions. Joshua Okayo was
dumped somewhere in Murang’a after being abducted in Rongai on Wednesday,"
Ms. Odhiambo said in a statement on X on Friday.
"Regis Wanjala who was abducted on the
same day was also found dumped in a tea plantation in Ruiru. The two are safe
but currently receiving medical attention and are still shaken up from the
ordeal. We shall find recourse for these unfortunate actions of police. Justice
be our shield and defender."
Ms. Odhiambo has been vocal in condemning the
reported police abductions, drawing parallels to the authoritarian era of the
late former President Daniel Moi.
"This is shocking! I feel like we are
going back to the Moi era; the last we heard of abductions and torture
chambers. Our country is singing about and in the region people are praising
Kenyans such abductions coming back. Some of the abducted persons have been
released but others remain unaccounted for," she said on Citizen TV's
JKLive Show last week.
She subsequently called for the immediate
release of protesters in detention and urged accountability from law
enforcement authorities.
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