KDF spokesman Joseph Colonel Owuoth says he is fine and on duty

Senator Anyang Nyon'go addressing the press in Kisumu Tuesday morning.

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesman Joseph Owuoth has refuted reports of his disappearance,amid claims from family and political leaders that he had gone missing.

Speaking on phone after the reports of his disappearance, Owuoth wondered where the claims had originated.

"Where are all this from? I am on duty," said Owuoth.

Leaders in Kisumu had Tuesday morning raised alarm over the whereabouts of the Kenya army spokeman, whom they claimed had not been heard from since Monday morning.

Addressing the press in Kisumu Tuesday morning, Senator Anyang Nyong’o said that the family was in distressed.

According to Nyong'o, Owuoth had been ordered to take compulsory leave on Friday and he called his family to relay the same information.

“His sister Elizabeth Akinyi, who was then in Koru talked to him and he relayed to her exactly the instructions he had received from his employer,” said Nyong’o.

He boarded public transport in Nairobi to his rural home, as he had been ordered not to stay in Nairobi.

"He was in constant mobile communication with his sister. When he reached Nakuru or thereabouts yesterday (Monday), nothing has been heard from him up to now (Tuesday morning)."

Nyong'o who was accompanied by Nyando MP Fred Outa and other leaders in the region had asked the government to provide information about Owouth's whereabouts.