Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah has warned leaders against inciting Kenyans by claiming that the government is abducting its critics.
Ichung’wah said the government has no business abducting anybody based on what they say on social media.
“They hurled teargas at themselves and then rushed to speak about abductions and planned demos to replicate what happened on June 25,” he stated.
The Kikuyu MP said the government would never go after anyone criticizing it on social media stating that the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018 provides for offences relating to computer systems.
“Why incite Kenyans with abductions? Where were you when bodies were being dumped in River Yala,” Ichung’wah posed.
“People were killed and their bodies dumped in game parks but you did not hear anybody speak.”
At least 40 bodies were retrieved from River Yala, according to a report by Missing Voices released in March 2023.
The bodies were dumped and retrieved from the river between July 2021 and January 2022.
Ichung’wah maintained that the government has no reason to eliminate those who criticise it.
“We are not people to be intimidated by social media, write all you want about us,” he stated.
He claimed some critics of the government go on getaways with their girlfriends to claim they have been abducted for the days they were missing.
“Some hire Airbnb with their girlfriends and disappear for three days and say they have been abducted,” he claimed.
“There are even elected leaders who are planning to go into hiding and claim they have been abducted.”
“They hurl tear gas at their meeting and then go round to claim that the government is disrupting their gatherings. A meeting that has brought together three people, do you need tear gas to disrupt it? The meetings they convene are like those of MCAs,” he stated.
