Two Mlolongo abductees found dead as Kanja, Amin deny role

Dancan Kyalo (centre), brother to Justus Mutumwa, addresses the media outside City Mortuary, Nairobi yesterday. He is  flanked by LSK President Faith Odhiambo (left) and Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo (right). [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

In a grim and disheartening pattern that has left the nation gripped by anger and instilled a sense of helplessness, the search for the missing Mlolongo abductees ended yesterday in a tragic and heart-wrenching discovery.

After days of desperate search, the lifeless bodies of Justus Mutumwa and Martin Mwau, two of the abductees,  were discovered at the City Mortuary in Nairobi with no one able to explain the unfortunate state of affairs, even to the closest kin.

The troubling and persistent scourge of enforced disappearances once again playing out in an all too familiar script, drowned in layers of secrecy.