Where is Osman Khalif? MPs demand release of abducted Sakaja aide

Six days after former South C MCA and Nairobi Liaison Officer Osman Khalif was abducted, his whereabouts remain unknown.

Members of Parliament from the pastoralist group have joined Khalif's family in demanding his immediate release or arraignment, failure to which they will petition President William Ruto to direct security forces to produce him.

Eldas MP Adan Keynan said: “This barbaric and illegal way of handling suspects should come to an end. If the gentleman has committed a crime, there are procedures, take him to court and subject him to the rule of law.”

His Kamukunji counterpart Yusuf Hassan stated: “His reported disappearance is known to the police, and in fact we were expecting that he would be brought to a court of law yesterday. However, now on the sixth day, there is no word about his whereabouts or his fate.”

Khalif was taken by five gunmen inside Sarit Centre in the Westlands area; they were reportedly using a double cabin vehicle around 5pm on Friday.

The legislators say the resurgence of unexplained abductions must come to an end.

Marsabit Senator Chute Mohamed Said stated: “Tunaona kama serikali inatumia nafasi hii kuangamiza na kutesa watu. Tunataka vijana wakishikwa wapelekwe kortini.”

Khalif's family on Sunday appealed to the government to find their missing kin who was taken while in the presence of his wife.