Five Chiefs Abducted in Kenya’s Mandera County Released

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MANDERA: Five chiefs who were abducted two months ago in Kenya’s Mandera county have been released.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said the local government officials were released on Sunday but did not disclose further details on the development.

Sources, however, said local leaders and elders in Mandera negotiated the release of the chiefs, who have been missing since February.

The chiefs- Mohamed Adawa, Mohamed Hassan, Abdi Hassan, Mohamed Noor Hache, and Assistant Chief Ibrahim Gabow—were kidnapped by unidentified individuals while en route to a meeting with the Elwak Deputy County Commissioner to plan for President William Ruto’s visit to the region.