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I lay in my bed but sleep eludes me because I cannot imagine that in a country with a constitution like ours which guarantees personal liberty and freedom of the person, an advocate can be abducted by men with guns in full view of cameras and the security agencies seem to think it is just business as usual. We deliberately imposed the 24-hour production in court rule to STOP this exact kind of thing which was rampant in the Moi days. We further imposed the right to Habeas Corpus and made it one of the four non-derogable rights under Article 25. Yet yesterday we were treated to lies, melodrama and incoherent explanations. No Kenyan should be held even for a single minute outside the protection of the law. Whatever issue the ATPU or NIS might have with any Kenyan does not give them any authority to hold a Kenyan incommunicado for even a minute leave alone the 96+ hours that they have now been holding wakili Abshir and Ayub Maalim. I am unable to find any sleep in my comfortable bed because I do not know whether their lives may have been ended prematurely by rogue security agents or not. @WilliamsRuto @kipmurkomen @DCI_Kenya YOU MUST RELEASE WAKILI ABSHIR AND AYUB MAALIM or we return to the streets!! #FreeWakiliAbshir #FreeAyub

Under Faith Odhiambo as LSK President we had a standing army of volunteer lawyers who would always respond to these blatant abuses of human rights immediately whether day or night. I was part of that small but effectively lethal group, and @FaithOdhiambo8 inspired us to volunteer our time and skills because she was always the first to volunteer her own time and skill. The current LSK Council is apparently only interested in "member welfare" but I ask, which welfare is more important than the freedom and liberty of an advocate? How can an advocate be abducted while performing their duties and 78 hours later there is no real action by the "member welfare" people? Hapa nayo senior bar mlitucheza.