By Peter Ochieng
Musician cum activist Kasmuel McOure is alive and kicking.
The musician, popularly known by his stage name Kaskazini was unharmed after reportedly being abducted by police.
He is among dozens of Kenyans who have been reported missing, since the start of ant-Finance Bill 2024 protests last week.
“We are willing to risk our life for the country but it is a bloodbath. I’ve come to the streets to tell Kenyans that I am still with them. I have not eaten or showered. I have just changed my clothes and I have come to the streets,” he told Al Jazeera in Nairobi.
“I currently can’t speak on that (police detention); I haven’t processed it. I just got home this morning and I have left my family distraught in the house and I was telling them that I need to go to the ground because if I said on social media that we should not advance to the protected areas they would think that I have been bought off; I have not been bought off,” he added.
He went missing on Tuesday this week, at the height of the demos when protestors overpowered police and breached Parliament buildings, in what some have termed a scene right from an action movie.
McOure is an old boy of Alliance Boys High School. He is however accused of faking his abduction.
Alliance Old Boys’ Club led in the crusade to have him set free, once the information about his disappearance became public.
“Dear Esteemed Old Boys and the larger community, we write to you seeking your urgent assistance. Our fellow Old Boy, Kasmuel McOure (Class of 2014) has been missing since yesterday (25th June 2024) at 4:00 PM.”
Social media commentator Gabriel Oguda is among several Kenyans to have been allegedly abducted in the past few days, before being set free.