The whereabouts of social media influencer Maverick Aoko has continued to raise concerns among leaders and Kenyans.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has taken issue with the disappearance of the social media influencer calling for action.
Sifuna said that the responsibility lies with the police to protect Kenyans and their properties.
“Let us not sit here thinking that we are immune to this thing. Anybody can be plucked from the streets, blogger Maverick Aoko has not been found up to now, what sort of country is this,” Sifuna said.
The Nairobi Senator sympathized with those affected by the enforced disappearance and abductions happening across the country.
Aoko has been missing for the last six days now.
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino added his voice calling for her release.
"Aoko has been missing for days...I have reached out to her family members and close friends, but no one knows where she is,” Babu said.
On Monday, Aoko’s aide gave an account of her last events before disappearing.
Aoko, according to the aide, had been residing in the village since her arrest early this year.
She only travelled to Nairobi for meetings and attend court, the commentator says in the post.
Her caretaker and watchman had reported strange men hovering around, asking about her whereabouts, the post further reads.
“She called me panicked. I asked her to take pictures and leave,” the aide recounts adding she decided not to divulge this to anyone to prevent attracting the attention that she was around.
According to the aide, Aoko also had an interview with international media about her arrest ordeal and continued threats.
“After her tweet. She went incognito, which we family and friends thought it normal, perhaps she just wanted to confuse enemies,” she adds
“Whom do we report to?” the aide says as she asks police to produce Aoko if they might be holding her.
On Monday, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) called for her immediate release.
LSK President Faith Odhiambo urged Kenyans to use the society’s hotline to provide any information regarding Aoko's disappearance.
“We have heard that she is missing and we are asking for any information. Our hotline is still working. Please reach out to the LSK. Every life counts,” she said.
“We ask that whoever is holding her that she should be released immediately. Let’s not be a country that we live in intimidation or fear”.
She further urged Kenyans to rally up and upload the rule of law, so every single person feels like they have a right to enjoy their rights fully.
