A house help's son in Homa Bay County has been abducted by kidnappers, who are demanding a ransom of Ksh15 million.
Lilian Achieng claims that her son, Jack Ochieng was kidnapped on March 17, 2019, by unknown people within Rodi Kopany market.
Achieng works for Ken Kowuo, a teacher and his wife Caroline Sang, who works for Homa Bay County assembly as a Principal Officer.
The couple suspects that the kidnappers could have been targeting their daughter but mistakenly kidnapped their house help's son.
This is because they had been previously informed that a certain group of people were targeting their daughter.
“What has our house help done to deserve the punishment? We have a strong feeling that our daughter was the one being targeted,” questioned Kowuo.
The kidnapper's demanded Ksh15 million, which should be paid via mobile phone cash transfer, failure to which they will kill the child.
Reports by Daily Nation indicate the single mother realised her son had been abducted when unknown people called her on Monday to demand a ransom.
“The caller said the money was to be paid on Tuesday or they harm the child. I don’t know who the person is. He never told me where he was or whether my son was fine or not,” Achieng stated.
“I heard him calling me twice but he was instructed to be quiet,” she added.
Ochieng had been sent to the market at 2 p.m. to buy food but failed to return home.
The couple claims it has been receiving strange phone calls from anonymous people asking them to send ransom.
