Brian Odhiambo, who has been missing since January 18, 2025
Six Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers linked to the disappearance of Brian Odhiambo have been arraigned before Nakuru Principal Magistrate Kipkurui Kibelion.
Francis Wachira, Alexander Lorogoi, Isaac Ochieng Odhiambo, Michael Wabukala, Evans Kimaiyo, and Abdulrahaman Ali Sudi were charged with the offence of abduction with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine Odhiambo January 18, 2025, at around 10:00 am in Bondeni, Nakuru East Sub-County.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) opposed the release of the officers on bond pending trial.
The ruling will be delivered on May 12, 2025, by Kibelion. In the meantime, the officers have been remanded at Nakuru GK Prison.
On March 19, while visiting Nakuru, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen promised that the government would help find Odhiambo.
Murkomen also vowed that Kenya Wildlife Service officers involved would be held responsible of the fisherman’s disappearance.
Murkomen was forced to speak on the matter after Odhiambo’s mother, Elizabeth Auma, interrupted his speech in Nakuru.
“As a government, we will not allow a situation where a Kenyan goes missing without being accounted for. We are here to ensure lives are protected,” stated Murkomen.
Odhiambo,33, has been missing since January 18, 2025, when he was reportedly arrested by the KWS officers at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
According to his family, he was arrested for allegedly trespassing into the protected park
The KWS rangers traced him to his residence in Manyani estate, where they arrested him.
His family has been seeking answers about the whereabouts of their son with his disappearance sparking protests in Nakuru.
The family has searched for him broadly, including in mortuaries and hospitals, but he has never been found.
Already, the public outcry over the mysterious disappearance of Odhiambo and another fisherman, Brian Stingo, who disappeared in 2022, has landed at the Senate.
Vocal Africa has petitioned the Senate to form a Special Senate Committee to investigate the disappearance of the two fishermen and atrocities committed against residents by KWS rangers at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
