Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi speaks during a press briefing on abductions in Nairobi on January 12, 2025/HANDOUTPublic Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has remained reserved on whether or not he will resign from the cabinet.
This was after the CS spoke out over the alleged abduction cases in the county on Sunday.
During a press conference held at Serena Hotel in Nairobi on January 13, CS Muturi said he will cross the rubicon once the time comes.
"As to what happens thereafter, I think we will cross the rubicon when we get there,” the CS said.
This comes amid heated debate on the rising cases of abduction in the country.
Muturi has criticised the Kenya Kwanza government over alleged abductions.
He said young Kenyans have gone missing since the Gen Z-driven June 2023 protests and in some instances, ended up dead under unexplained circumstances.
The former AG said it was wrong for the government to claim that it was not involved in the abductions but, on the other hand, failed to explain who was behind the abductions.
“The cardinal duty of the state and the government is to protect the lives and livelihood of its citizens and cannot claim to be unaware of such serious breaches of the rights of Kenyans to live free from wrongful confinement and the violation of their inalienable right to life,” he said.
The CS maintained that Kenya is a democratic country and everyone is free to articulate their issues without fear.
“The youth are part of the Kenyan society; we cannot just segregate them. If they have issues they want to raise with the government, let them raise them and let us allow them to raise them,” he said.
“That is all what democracy is all about; we are a democratic country.”
Muturi said during their campaigns, the government promised Kenyans that they would be guaranteed freedom of speech.
“It is our cardinal duty as a government to ensure that everybody lives freely, including saying what they think, including saying that they don’t like me. That’s an opinion,” he added.
Muturi said he is particularly concerned since his son was abducted by unknown people when he was serving as the Attorney General, but six months since his release by his abductors, no one has been charged.
“I have personally suffered as my son was abducted and disappeared; I was not sure whether he was alive or dead, making us anxious and leaving me, my wife, and my family in turmoil,” he said.
“I was unable to trace my son despite making several requests and demands to all levels of the security apparatus.”
Muturi explained that despite his attempts to reach out to senior security figures to help him get his son, all he got was a cold response from those mandated to issue answers.
On Sunday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations invited CS Muturi to record a statement over his son's abduction.
DCI boss Mohamed Amin said the case is still active but has slowed since the son was the only one who recorded a statement.