The opposition has called for talks on Tuesday over alleged abductions in the country.
Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka in a statement issued on Monday said the opposition will convene to deliberate on what he termed as growing political harassment and intimidation in the country.
Kalonzo strongly condemned the alleged abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi.
“We condemn the abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi in the strongest terms possible,” he said.
He further warned that the incident signals a worrying trend in the country’s political climate.
“If an MP who is entitled to security gets abducted in broad daylight, it means Kenyans are on their own,” Kalonzo said.
Koimburi was Monday morning found dumped in a coffee plantation in Kibichoi area, Kiambu County.
It is not clear who was behind the incident.
He complained of being beaten up by his alleged abductors who picked him from outside a church in Kiambu on Sunday afternoon.
Police have denied involvement in the drama, stating that an investigation is ongoing into the incident after the family reported the said abduction on Sunday.
Police said they want to talk to the MP as part of the probe into the incident.
The officers want to establish how those who found him in the said plantation learned of his presence there.
“His mobile phone has been off since Friday when police tried to arrest him and the operation was called off then,” an officer aware of the case said.
When he was found, he lay on the ground unconscious while in a navy blue suit he was in on Sunday when he was picked up.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known. Witnesses said he was picked up by an ambulance and rushed to Karen Hospital.
His wife, Ann Koimburi said the MP was accosted by two men disguised as worshippers.
She said the two men grabbed and forced him to a waiting Subaru Forester with an altered number plate—allegedly intended to obscure the vehicle’s true identity.
The two men, dressed in plain clothes, did not identify themselves during the incident.
They drove off with him.
Former Deputy President and DCP Party Leader Rigathi Gachagua condemned the actions, describing them as part of a systematic political persecution targeting opposition leaders.
