Following backlash after revealing he attended a Disco Matanga shortly after being released by his abductors in Luanda, cartoonist Kibet Bull has taken to social media to clarify the reason why he attended the event.
According to Kibet, he tried to seek help from three households but to no avail.
Frustrated, Kibet narrated how he was drawn by the sound system to the Disco Matanga and decided to find solace at the event until dawn.
“Government bloggers are using the Disco Matanga thing to push a narrative. Knocked on three houses to tell them about the incident but didn’t get a response; the other had fierce dogs," Kibet narrated on X.
"Went to sit somewhere but saw unsafe, I then heard the sound system. I saw it could be helpful to attend and relax waiting for morning. I also wanted to stay away from the highway. Was just worried they could come back to check if I'm gone.”
After his early Monday morning release between 3 am and 4 am, Kibet took to X to reveal that he had passed time by attending a Disco Matanga, a detail that prompted backlash from a section of X users and politicians.
“They dropped me in Luanda, Vihiga, between 3 am and 4 am today. I didn’t know where to enter or book a room. Then the idea of a Disco Matanga came up, and I danced until 6 am when I went to book a ticket,” his post read.
This response comes hours after Belgut MP Nelson Koech dismissed the abduction of Kibet and four others released on Monday stating that it was peculiar for an abductee to party shortly after release.
“How do you party after you have been abducted? Where do you get the energy? How do you look so clean-shaven, still have money, and still go and afford a beer?” MP Koech quipped.
Kibet was among five out of six people released on Monday, January 6, ahead of the anti-abductions protests.
Although reportedly abducted from Nairobi shortly after meeting presidential aspirant Okiya Omtatah, he was dropped off in Luanda, Vihiga County.
His brother, Ronny Kiplangat who had gone missing a few days before him in Kikuyu was found in Machakos County while Billy Mwangi abducted from Embu, walked home on Monday morning.
Peter Muteti, who was abducted in Uthiru was found in Nairobi CBD, while Bernard Kavuli, who was abducted in Ngong, resurfaced in Kitale. Steve Mbisi, who was abducted in Machakos, is still missing.
So far, none of the released abductees has revealed details of the ordeal except an account by Mannyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji who relayed that Mwangi had been whipped, kept in a dark room, and fed portioned food.