- Wandayi said the people who allegedly abducted Oguda are not known whether they are police officers or not.
- Ichung'wah said the officers working in Parliament including members are not immune to prosecution if they commit offences.
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National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi has protested the alleged abduction of a senior officer working in his office.
The Ugunja MP claimed that the alleged abduction is an affront to the independence of the House happening on the eve of the consideration of the Finance Bill.
The MP said his officer, Gabriel Oguda called him at 2 am on the wee hours of Tuesday morning informing him of police officers breaking into his compound.
According to Wandayi, no sooner had Oguda called him than his phone was jammed, and was unable to make calls until 6:30 am on Tuesday.
"Oguda called me to inform me that there were people at his gate who were breaking into his compound. I mobilised lawyers to attend to his situation but within no minute my phone calls were jammed and I was unable to call or receive calls until 6.30 am this morning,'' Wandayi said
Wandayi said the people who allegedly abducted Oguda are not known whether they are police officers or not.
"We have looked at the police stations in Nairobi, he is nowhere, we don’t know whether he has been killed or he is being held somewhere,'' Wandayi said.
The MP termed the alleged arrest as unfortune at a time when the officer was expected to facilitate his office with policy analysis.
"Oguda is an officer in the office of the leader of minority and who is supposed to make our work easier,'' he said.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula directed that the Leader of Majority Kimani Ichung'wah gets in touch with the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to find out what happened.
"Within two hours we should get a report from the IG,'' Wetang'ula said, noting that the whereabouts of other Kenyans allegedly detains be tabled.
Ichung'wah said the officers working in Parliament including members are not immune to prosecution if they commit offences.
He promised to come back to the house with full details about the alleged abduction of Oguda, a social media activist as well.
Wandayi warned that the alleged abduction smirks of the dark days when the house was reportedly 'captured and out under siege' when handling crucial business.