Former Isiolo CEC Abdi Rahman allegedly abducted, dumped in Nairobi

A former county official was allegedly abducted and injured, while members of the Isiolo County Assembly are now expressing fear for their safety.

Sixteen out of 18 MCAs on Saturday visited a former county chief executive officer who is hospitalised at a Nairobi health facility.

MCAs who support the motion say their lives are in danger following claims of the abduction of a former county CEC who was found abandoned in Ruiru.

"He was found some twenty kilometres away from Ruai. I think they threw him there thinking that he was dead. God is great; he is not dead. He had multiple fractures,” said one of the MCAs.

NGEC Chairperson Rehema Jaldessa added: "I would like to condemn in the strongest terms possible the heinous goonism, intimidation, and abduction."

Some of the MCAs claim they have been forced to go into hiding, saying they were forced to flee for their lives and have been pursued by armed assailants late into the night.

"Tumefuatwa kuanzia saa tano, tumekimbishwa, tumeenda hadi Iten, Uasin Gishu, hiyo barabara yote tumefuatwa mpaka hapa. Mwenzetu alikua abducted na kupigwa vibaya. Tunalani hiyo kitendo,” said Burat Ward MCA Nicholas Lorot.

Godana, the Sericho Ward MCA and the motion’s sponsor, stated that they're unable to use their phones and are constantly on the run, comparing their plight to war victims.

The MCAs accuse the governor of poor leadership and mismanagement of public funds, claiming they have endured his administration for three years and it is now unbearable.

The MCAs insist that they will push forward with their bid to oust the governor.