Abductions: Why the buck stops with Ruto

Plain cloth police officers arrest a protestor during anti-government demonstrations along Moi Avenue in Nairobi, on July 16, 2024. [File, Standard]

Desperately trying to secure his son’s release from captivity, a distressed Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi knew only one person could help – President William Ruto.

His statement to investigative agencies on Tuesday painted a helpless man who had tried everything to locate his son, Leslie Muturi, abducted then by persons he said were National Intelligence Service agents.