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The two bodies were discovered both in Kiambu County and in Mwiki, Kasarani, Nairobi County.
A human rights crisis is now mounting after the bodies of two young Kenyans were discovered on Saturday, January 4, amidst fears of an increase in forced disappearances in the country.
The two bodies were discovered both in Kiambu County and in Mwiki, Kasarani, Nairobi County. In Kiambu, residents discovered an isolated body in the Kiambaa constituency.
It was found draped in a floral scuff in the Banana area on Saturday, January 4. Found beside the body were the deceased’s clothes and shoes. According to human rights group Vocal Africa Executive Director Hussein Khalid, the body had belonged to a young man.
“Just received information that the body of a young man has been found by the roadside in a place called Kawaida on your way to Banana, Kiambu. Our team is currently working on the case, trying to confirm the identity and his family. The body was found naked with clothes nearby,” Khalid said on X.
A collage of John Muchiri and Ian Singoe whose lifeless bodies were discovered on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
He later revealed that the family of the deceased positively identified him as John Muchiri Muthoni, aged 27.
“Muchiri was last seen on Friday, 3rd January 2025, at around 3 PM. His girlfriend reportedly received a call from an unknown number, directing her to find his body by the roadside. The body has been moved to Kihara Sub-County Hospital Mortuary,” a statement by VOCAL Africa read in part.
At Mwiki, the body of 26-year-old Ian Singoe, who has been missing for a while, was discovered in another shocking incident.
According to a friend who was allowed to share the news by the family of the late Singoe, the young man was last seen on December 31, 2024, in the neighbourhood in the counties of Nairobi and Kiambu.
”With permission from the family, I wish to communicate that the body of Ian Singoe has been found and positively identified. Plans are underway to transfer the body to the mortuary as police investigations begin,’‘ the close family friend shared.
These two discoveries raise the total count to three bodies of young Kenyans recovered in a spate of two days, amidst the disappearance of youth deemed government critics.
The National Police Service (NPS) through Inspector General Douglas Kanja denied the state law enforcers’ involvement in the forcible disappearances, amidst a section of Kenyans linking the disappearances to the recent abductions.
On Friday, January 3, the body of 24-year-old activist Ibrahim Hilal Mwiti, who went missing in November 2024 was found at Thika Level Five Hospital mortuary. He was last seen in the Nairobi city centre before he disappeared, prompting a search by his family as his friends resorted to using social media platforms to find him.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has recorded 61 alleged police killings and 73 cases of abductions or missing persons since June 2024. In December 2024 alone, seven abductions were reported, with six individuals still missing, bringing the total to 29 cases under investigation by KNCHR.
President William Ruto on Friday, January 3 maintained that those responsible for abductions will be held to account. Speaking in Bungoma County after leaders clashed over the recent abductions at the burial of Moses Wetangula’s mother, Ruto reiterated that his government would not allow extrajudicial killings.Tap Here for the Full Story
