Friday, January 17, 2025 – As the debate on abductions rages, Human Rights Watch Africa has exposed a special government security agency behind the spate of abductions recently witnessed in the country.
During the launch of its 35th Edition of the
World Report, the lobby group attributed the surging cases of abductions in
Kenya to a special security unit dubbed the Operations Support Unit (OSU) which
was formed by President William Ruto to kidnap and even kill critics.
According to the activists, the special unit
was synonymous with the formerly disbanded Special Squad Unit (SSU) which was
functional during former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime.
Addressing the delegation, the Human Rights
Watch Africa Director Otsieno Namwaya alleged that the OSU operated from the
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices in Nairobi.
“Ruto disbanded the Special Squad Unit (SSU),
he re-established a similar unit within the DCI called the Operations
Support Unit (OSU) and it is the one that replaced the SSU,” claimed Namwaya.
The human rights group further revealed that
recently, 83 Kenyans have been abducted, with 26 still missing.
At the same time, the group expressed concerns
over the erosion of the rule of law in Kenya.
While taking a swipe at Ruto’s administration,
the human rights defenders accused Ruto’s government of abducting foreign
nationals who sought refuge in the country like Kizza Besigye of Uganda and
Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi, terming the recent trend troubling.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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