LSK president Faith Odhiambo (forth left) with the family of Peter Muteti at LSK offices on January 30, 2025.A Laikipia man who has been missing for three months following an alleged abduction has been found alive.
Simon Muteti, who went missing on October 22, 2024, at Timau, Laikipia County, resurfaced Tuesday morning.
Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo confirmed this in a brief post, adding he has since been reunited with his family.
"Mr Simon Muteti has been released after being held incommunicado for more than 3 months," she wrote.
She did not, however, disclose more details on how he arrived at his home.
"He is safely with his family but remains petrified by his ordeal."
Last week, the family of Muteti visited the LSK offices in Nairobi to seek legal aid in the matter in their quest for justice.
According to Odhiambo, LSK will continue provide necessary legal and psychosocial support to him, the family and others.
Muteti was among 13 individuals who went missing between October and December.
Over the past seven months, cases of abductions and enforced disappearances have become common, with parents living in fear of their youth disappearing without a trace.
A report released by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) stated that there have been at least 82 cases of abductions since June last year, the period when youths took to the streets to protest against Finance Bill 2024.
A number of them have since been released.
Muteti's release comes a day after former Prime Minister Raila Odinga added his voice to the spate of abductions, torture, and killings across the country, saying it is time it came to an end.
Raila stated that it is not in his nature to let evil prevail, calling for an end to the abductions.
He spoke on Monday during ODM prayers for his victory at the Bomas of Kenya.
"This issue of kidnapping people, abducting youths, locking them up and killing them should end in our nation,” he said.
Noting that the police denied any involvement in the spate of abductions and murders, he wondered who was behind the same.
In January, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen firmly denied police involvement in the criminal activities.
Murkomen asserted that there was no policy in government on abduction or enforced disappearances.
The CS stated that anyone arrested by the police ought to be taken to court within 24 hours.
"The National Police Service has confirmed to us that it has not arrested anyone and failed to take them to court as required by the law," he said.
Murkomen moved to reassure the public that NPS does not work under the whims of any political leader regardless of their status.
"As a government, we are in agreement that NPS under the command of Inspector General is independent and so we are not going to interfere with their work," the CS said.