Following widespread anti-Finance Bill protests, President William Ruto on Wednesday reaffirmed his campaign promise to end State-instigated abductions as a political tool amid a wave of disappearances. Enforced disappearancesInterestingly, President Ruto had said that there have been no enforced disappearances in his time as Head of State, before turning around to claim that all abducted individuals had been released. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights documented over 300 killings and enforced disappearances instigated by the government. While the total number of enforced disappearances throughout Kenya’s history has never been documented, the number is certainly in the thousands. The Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) has documented 82 enforced disappearances in the last five years alone.

Source: Daily Nation June 28, 2024 02:51 UTC