CS Justin Muturi Claims NIS Abducted His Son But Released Him After Ruto Intervention
The CS revealed that he learnt about NIS' involvement in his son's abduction from a friend working within the intelligence unit.
Viral Tea Ke Writer 
Public Service Cabinet Secretary (CS) Justin Muturi has implicated the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in his explosive account of the events that transpired regarding the abduction of his son, Leslie Muturi.
In a 3-page statement to police obtained by Viral Tea, the CS revealed that he learnt about NIS' involvement in his son's abduction from a friend working within the intelligence unit.
Growing increasingly concerned, Muturi reached out to Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, then the Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS), for assistance. However, Kindiki called back and informed him that NIS was not holding his son.
"Between 10:00 and 11:00 AM, a friend from NIS called, informing me that my son was being held by their people. I shared this information with my friends, and it was agreed that I should call Noordin Haji again. Despite multiple attempts, he did not answer," he revealed.
CS Justin Muturi at Kilimani Police Station on January 14, 2025. /JUSTIN MUTURI
"Just before 1:00 PM, I decided to call Prof. Kindiki, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior. After explaining the entire situation, he expressed shock and assured me he would contact Noordin Haji. Fifteen minutes later, Prof. Kindiki called back, saying he had spoken with the DG of NIS, who denied holding Leslie. Despite my insistence that I had confirmed information from an NIS officer, Prof. Kindiki maintained that the DG could not be lying."
Muturi's son was allegedly picked up by 'armed, hooded gangsters' while they were travelling along Denis Pritt Road turning into Olengruone Avenue. Leslie was in the company of Mwenje and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Marangu Imanyara.
The report further detailed how Leslie, Imanyara and Mwenje had come together to attend a birthday party in Lavington at the time of the incident. While the inquiries continued, Muturi revealed that he sought intervention from President William Ruto by driving to State House to raise the matter with him.
Upon arriving at State House, Muturi found the President engaged in discussions with MPs and waited for the meeting to end before raising the issue with the President.
"When Mwangi Kiunjuri concluded his conversation with the President, I approached. After greetings, I informed the President about my message, and he explained that his phone had crashed due to an overload of messages. I then narrated the ordeal, including my interactions with various senior government officials who had been unable to help. I expressed my belief that NIS was holding my son," he added.
"The President joked, asking why anyone would want to arrest a young person over the GenZ demonstrations. He even mentioned that Kiunjuri's son and the sons of other officials had been involved in similar demonstrations. He then called his technician to check the status of his phone. Since it was still not functioning properly, I requested that he call Noordin Haji directly."
Muturi then revealed that he overheard Ruto's conversation with Haji inquiring if the NIS officers were holding Leslie, to which Haji confirmed. This led the President to direct him to release Leslie immediately, to which Haji responded by stating that he would be released within an hour.
"After thanking the President, I drove out of State House and rejoined my friends in Gigiri and explained what had happened. Slightly over an hour later, Leslie called me to say he had been released and was at home. I then went home to see him," Muturi continued.
Muturi recorded his statement at Kilimani Police Station earlier on Tuesday, January 14. He also detailed that he called Raymond Omollo, the PS for Interior, and explained the abduction, to which the CS revealed that Omollo assured me that he would take action. His other attempts to reach out to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohammed Amin and Haji were fruitless, after which, he turned to former Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome.
"He informed me that he had alerted all personnel on all routes, suspecting it might have been a robbery. However, I told him that based on the information provided by Mwenje, the abductors appeared to be security personnel rather than robbers. He seemed unconvinced, stating that there was no planned police operation that night," he continued.
The statement gets even more interesting; Muturi revealed that police from Kilimani had gone to Royal Media Services (RMS), specifically Citizen TV, to obtain CCTV footage, but the station was initially reluctant to release it.
"Hon. Ndungu Gethenji, who had joined us, called Wachira Waruru, the CEO of Citizen TV, explained the situation and requested any information that might help identify the vehicle. Waruru later sent us footage showing the events leading to the abduction," he went on.
"The footage showed Leslie driving out, followed by Mwenje. The footage also captured the box Prado and another vehicle, resembling a Probox, following Leslie and Mwenje prior to the abduction."
