By Karanja Njoroge

NAKURU, KENYA: Nakuru Principal Magistrate James Mwaniki has ordered a teacher claiming Saitoti’s son to serve the late minister’s widow with court summons over an abduction case.

The teacher, Sebastian Maina Ngunju, who claims Zachary Musengi, the son of the late Internal Security Minister George Saitoti, is his, wants Mrs Saitoti charged with wrongfully confining an abducted person.

He has gone to court seeking to be allowed to institute a prosecution against the minister’s widow Margaret Saitoti.

The charge sheet states that Margaret Saitoti on or about August 31, 1988 kept Zachary Musengi from knowing that he had been abducted from his parents within Subukia District.

Ngunju alleges that the late Saitoti’s only son, Musengi, is his child Stephen Wachira who was abducted over 24 years ago at their home in Subukia.

The primary school teacher claims that after reporting the loss of his son, a suspect who was his neighbour was arrested and confessed she had been contacted by a police officer to get him a child.

The father of five adds that his third born son was abducted 21 days before his third birthday.     

He says after establishing that Musengi is his son he has been unable to pursue the matter after receiving threats over the issue.

Ngunju said he confirmed his suspicion after spotting “his son” on television during the late minister’s burial.  

Studying abroad

He said upon the death of Saitoti he saw Musengi sitting next to the minister’s wife.

“To my surprise he resembles my children and without any doubt I recognised him,” he added.

The teacher, who says he is not interested in money from the late minister, claims a woman was charged with the abduction following the intervention of the then CID Director Noah arap Too.

The family in a letter addressed to Zachary Musengi says it can be able to take care of him as his “siblings’’ have been educated up to university level.

Ngunju states that it was during the investigation that he learnt about the whereabouts of his son from CID officers.

He claims that during the hearing of the abduction case one of the investigators told him that his son was taken by the then Vice-President Saitoti and was studying abroad.