Kenyan minister says son was abducted by intelligence service


FILE PHOTO: Police use tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration against Kenya's proposed finance bill 2024/2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2024. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan cabinet minister said his son's abduction during last year's anti-government protests was carried out by the National Intelligence Service and that his son was released after President William Ruto personally intervened.

Minister of Public Service Justin Muturi's allegation, made in an official written statement to the police on Tuesday, is the first direct information to indicate Ruto was made aware of who was behind at least some of the alleged abductions of dozens of anti-government activists that began last June.

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