He told the media that he was kidnapped on August 1, 2021, along Waiyaki Way at the behest of a senior military officer and taken to DCI headquarters, where he stayed locked up in inhumane conditions until September 11, 2022. In a rebuttal, the DCI dismissed the allegations, explaining that the Kiambu Road headquarters does not have holding cells. The DCI accused the journalist of failing to contact the communications department, adding that the former KDF officer did not feature in any of the DCI’s reports of people who had been arrested. The DCI called on the Independent Police Oversight Authority, where Opiyo said he reported the matter, to expedite investigations into the alleged story. The former KDF officer said that while in custody, he was forced to sleep on the floor with his hands cuffed and his legs chained to a log.

Source: Daily Nation December 16, 2022 15:38 UTC