Billy Mwangi Found alive after abduction on January 06, 2024. [Courtesy]

"Our plan as his lawyers is to take legal action to ensure the perpetrators of this abduction are brought to book and that the people who perpetrated this heinous acts are also individually brought to book," he said.

He said public pressure to release those abducted as well as directives of the court led to their release.

Wambui recounted a similar instance of Kitengela brothers who were abducted and when the court issued an order compelling attendance of the then Acting IG, Gilbert Masengeli, they were mysteriously released a night before.

"You can read from their modus operandi that they will act only when the court has aggressively come to them. There were certain directions given by the court, the court had directed that a thoroughly written affidavit should be presented by IG and Interior Cabinet Secretary," he explained.

"We have a constitution that speaks quite expressly that if someone has been arrested by police officers exercising their power of arrest, this individual must be presented before court within 24hours or if it happens on a holiday or weekend, they should be presented at the end of it. We hope the vigilance we have as a country will continue, this is the price we have to pay for our democracy, the price of eternal vigilance," he insisted.

Also found was Kiplangat who has been missing since late December but was unable to speak the media. He was abducted in the compound of Kikuyu SDA church by individuals in Probox and was found yesterday in Machakos.

Kiplangat's pastor, Kiogora Rutere, said that by the time of his release, he was shaken and had difficulty walking.

He was also unable to talk about his 10-day ordeal. At the church compound Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), young professionals condemned the abductions and demanded an immediate stop.

They said Kiplangat has neither been a government critic nor active politically and that his only "crime" was being the brother of Kibet Bull.

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"Ronny's case is not isolated, many young people have been abducted under this government for daring to hold it accountable. Their abductions violate their rights and the very principles of democracy, even worse, the High Court has ordered their release, yet these orders remain unheeded," said one of the professionals, Ephraim Maina.

Mercy Cherotich, Kibet Bull's elder sister, last evening confirmed to The Standard that he had been freed. She said Kibet called her and said he was dropped off at Luanda in the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Late last evening, Kibet was on his way to their Kuresoi home.

Maina also condemned Kiplangat's abduction saying it was also an attack on the sanctity of places of worship and right to gather in peace.

Also present was activist Morara Kebaso, who condemned the government for the abductions.

"We should not be in a church at a particular Sunday or Saturday, afraid that outside the church there could be a killer squad lying in wait to abduct someone, and it is ridiculous that police say that they don't know who is doing this and the question is who should be knowing?" Morara posed.

Morara said Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja should resign if he is unaware of what is happening.

Similarly, Muteti, 22 who was abducted in Uthiru on December 21 was found alive in Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) and also reunited with his family.

[Report by Irene Githinji, George Njung'e and Muriithi Mugo]