Joseph Mwangi on Saturday shared details of his whereabouts after he was reportedly abducted on June 18 from Githurai 45 after the onset of the anti-finance bill protests.
Mwangi whose mother was captured pleading during the citizen assembly last week revealed that he was taken alongside other men and blindfolded. He noted that he was coming home from work when the incident occurred.
"I was coming home from work in the evening, they took us and blindfolded us and I do not know where we went," he stated.
He added that they were taken to several police stations but there was no record of them being at the said police stations.
According to the victim who was released on Tuesday, while he was being moved to different police stations, he was blindfolded and not informed of the next destination. He however did not reveal whether he was assaulted during his time with the abductors.
The victim however added that he was psychologically traumatised due to the weeks-long ordeal.
Mwangi was released at night before travelling home to reunite with his family. This unusual release raised more questions among his family members and lawyers.
His mother while addressing the press disclosed that it was Mwangi's sister who pushed the family to look for him arguing that he could not go for days without contacting them.
She noted that with their lawyers, the relatives went to police station after police station looking for him to no avail. They also checked hospitals and morgues but could not find him.
"The worst thing is going to look for him not knowing if he was alive or dead. We went to morgues, looking at body after body and it was devastating," she stated.
"The pain we went through this time was unbearable, I wouldn't want any parent to go through that. We could not carry on with our daily activities we couldn't even pray or eat, at times our neighbours brought us food."
Mwangi's lawyer condemned these unlawful arrests that resulted in innocent Kenyans being held incommunicado. He remarked that there may be more cases similar to Mwangi that go unreported.
Last week, Mwangi's mother caught the attention of Kenyans after questioning why her son was taken and yet he had not broken any law. She pleaded for help to find him.
