Former United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala has claimed that his son and brother-in-law were abducted at gunpoint on Monday, September 23, 2024, by unknown people.
In a statement on Tuesday, Malala says the two were tortured for over six hours by the men who wanted to know where the politician was.
According to the former Kakamega senator, the abductors forced the duo to show them the way to his residential home in Kitengela.
He says the two were dumped along Thika Road after the abductors failed to trace Malala and his wife.
“My Son and my 19-year-old brother-in-law were abducted at gunpoint. They were tortured for six hours to disclose my whereabouts or that of my wife and to show them the way to my residence in Kitengela,” Malala stated.
“After failing to find me or my spouse at home they dumped the two along Thika Road. I have picked them up safe but traumatised and shaken.”
Malala’s political woes
The politician, who has been at loggerheads with the ruling party after being unceremoniously ousted from his position, however, did not reveal why gunmen could be after him and his family.
His political woes have been compounded by the alleged planned ouster of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, which he has vehemently been against terming it as a distraction from the main issues facing the nation.
“The tussles going on right now between the MPs and the DP were the same fights that were before the President (William Ruto) chose Gachagua as his running mate. That fight has just re-emerged now in public,” Malala told K24 TV on Monday night.
“This political situation can be summarised as trying to divert attention, there are more important issues that should be addressed at the moment than to concentrate on Rigathi’s meeting with his natives.”
The political situation cannot, however, be linked with the alleged abductions, for now.
