Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is support the call for an independent Commission of inquiry into matters abductions in the country.
Through a statement, he called on Kenyans of goodwill to support families of the victims of abductions and killings to undergo the necessary counselling.
“The abductions and extra-judicial killings that have been happening are clearly state-sanctioned. This call for an open process to investigate them will provide an open and transparent forum for the whole world to see the extent to which this regime is willing to go, to stifle independent voices that are brave enough to correct or criticise them, which is part and parcel of how a democracy works.
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I therefore strongly associate myself with this call for an Indepedent Commission of Inquiry on the issue of abductions. We must get to the bottom of these gross human rights violations, identify and prosecute everyone involved in the abductions and extra-judicial killings, and ensure this will never happen again.
I also call on Kenyans of goodwill to support processes that will ensure every victim of these abductions and their families, or families that have lost loved ones to extra-judicial killings, undergo counselling. We must counter the efforts to instil fear in our young people and their families to discourage them from speaking truth to power.” he said
Gachagua has been among the leaders who have called on the government to investigate and reveal the whereabouts of the victims of abduction.
In his speech he congratulated Kenyans who have refused to be threatened, intimated and coerced saying freedom of expression is enshrined in the constitution.
“Finally I continue to salute all those Kenyans who refuse to be intimidated, coerced, bought off or shut down. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right enshrined in our constitution and anyone who feels aggrieved by those exercising it must pursue the law, in seeking redress.” he said
