Kisii family seeks help after 4-year-old boy mysteriously disappears from school

Police in Kisii have launched an investigation following the mysterious disappearance of a four-year-old boy from Reinha Rosary School in Ogembo, Bomachoge Chache, since Tuesday.

According to the boy's parents, they are urging the police to trace a man allegedly seen wearing a mask and whisking the boy away into a white car, before vanishing to an unknown destination.

Citizen TV visited Ogembo Police Station on Saturday where Joram Osiemo's family and friends appeared dejected and exhausted as the search for their four-year-old playgroup child, Nimrod Baraka, has yet to yield any results.

The family has combed the entire Bomachoge since Tuesday when the young boy mysteriously disappeared from his school.

Nimrod’s mother, Linet Kemunto, painfully recounted the moment the boy was reported missing on October 8th.

"Mtoto wangu Adrian huwa wanaandamana naye nyumbani kila siku, sasa hiyo siku Adrian anasema alimtafuta sana baada ya kuambiwa kutoka shuleni kurudi nyumbani hakujua Nimrod ameenda wapi... hapo ndio nilienda hadi shule nikaamua kutafuta shule yote hadi kwa choo bila kumpata,” Kemunto said.

The family is now calling upon security agencies to investigate reports of the abduction of their little angel, as reported by his schoolmates.

"Hapo shuleni kuna mtoto ambaye alisema kuwa kuna mzee aliona amekuja na alikuwa amevaa mask akiwa karibu na kwao akachukua Nimrod na kuweka ndani ya gari kisha kutoroka,” she added.

"Kile tunataka kama familia ni uchunguzi wa kina na idara ya polisi. Hatulali, tuko na wasiwasi sana,” Nimrod's father Joram Osiemo said.

Ogembo OCPD Christine Amaya on her part said; “Tushachukua statement na uchunguzi wa kumsaka huyu mtoto unaendelea."

Back at Reinha Rosary Primary, the silence was deafening. The school head teacher was unavailable for comment, but that is where Nimrod was last seen, dressed in his full school uniform.

At the moment, the entire village is united in their efforts to ensure Nimrod is reunited with his family.

"We are asking the county and sub-county commissioners to intervene in this matter and help us search for the child,” Nimrod's grandfather Alberto Kenyanya pleaded.

Nimrod's grandmother Mary Moraa added, “Please, kindly help my grandson. I’m really crying."

Despite the family's agony, they remain hopeful that one day, they will reunite with the child, safe and sound.