‘Why wait 6 months down the road?’ – Mungatana pokes holes into CS Muturi son’s abduction

Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana has questioned the statement issued on Sunday, January 12, 2025, by Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Justin Muturi.

Speaking during a morning TV show at a local station, Mungatana observed that while the issue of abductions has bedevilled the country in the recent past, Muturi’s presser had more to it than meets the eye.

“If this happened six months ago and his son is not in police custody, then why raise it right now? When he was the Attorney-General, he should have come out and said there is a problem. Why wait six months down the road,” Mungatana quipped.

No evidence

The legislator equally noted that CS Muturi failed to provide a direct link between state actors and the abductors of his son.

“If you examine that statement, there was really no evidence that Muturi placed before the public to suggest that officers he was working with were involved. He did not tell us that he knows it is the police,” Mungatana added.

In the same breath, Mungatana admitted that the government agencies in charge of security had slept on the job and left the matter of abductions to be solved by the courts.

“It is true the issue of abductions has bedevilled us in the last few weeks. Institutions of government charged with security should come up and give directions. I am disappointed that it seems like the courts are taking the lead in these matters of security,” he stated.

Getting out of hand

“We have a Cabinet Secretary in charge of security, the Inspector-General of Police, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Attorney-General. The law-and-order sector within the cabinet should sit down and come up with a plan to answer the questions that people are raising,” Mungatana said.

The statements come just one day after Muturi blamed the government for apparent laxity in closing in on his son’s abductors and the failure to stem abduction of youths perceived as critics of the Kenya-Kwanza administration.

“My son was abducted and disappeared. I was not sure whether he was alive or dead, making us anxious and leaving me, my wife, and the rest of the family in turmoil. At that time, I was the Attorney General of Kenya and a member of the National Security Council. Despite making several requests, I was unable to trace my son,” Muturi stated.

Adding: “Now, more than six months after the ordeal and his release by unknown forces, he has not been charged with any offence, and the government at all levels has not been able to give me reasons for his abduction.”