02/09/2026
KHRC unequivocally condemns the unlawful and brutal abduction of Alex Kiprotich, associate editor at the Standard Media Group.
While the Group has announced that Kiprotich was found alive, dumped near Masinga Dam nine hours after his abduction along the Gilgil-Nakuru highway, KHRC maintains that officers responsible, including their commanders, must be arrested and prosecuted without delay.
The chilling video of Kiprotich’s abduction has placed William Ruto’s regime’s brutal and clandestine policing tactics in full public view.
For years, victims of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings have described to the KHRC a killer squad operating with a similar brazenness and disregard for the law as those who abducted Kiprotich.
Witnesses recount that these squads are heavily armed, their faces obscured by balaclavas, often forgoing uniforms, and driving Subaru vehicles, sometimes bearing fake number plates. These actions, KHRC notes, directly violate a court order mandating that law enforcement officers be easily identifiable during operations.
The abduction comes amid media reports indicating that nearly three Kenyans were killed by police daily, totalling 3,985, during Ruto’s four years of repression. KHRC asserts that Ruto has failed to fulfil his promise to keep our country safe, and must take responsibility to end enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
