The family of one-year-three-month-old Mohamed Abdi from Kiamaiko, Nairobi, is pleading for public assistance in locating their missing child, who was reportedly abducted on Sunday by an unidentified woman.
According to relatives, the suspect allegedly tricked Mohamed’s older sister by giving her Ksh. 20 to buy a sweet from a nearby shop. When the girl left, the woman is said to have taken off with the toddler.
Three days after the abduction, Mohamed’s distraught family continues to search tirelessly, urging anyone with credible information about the boy’s whereabouts to report to the nearest police station.
The family voiced growing concern over the disturbing trend of child disappearances, revealing that another child from their extended family was kidnapped last year and remains missing.
“We are deeply worried and traumatized. We just want our child back safely,” a family spokesperson said, appealing to the Kenya Police Service to speed up investigations and bring those responsible to justice.
Calls for Stronger Safeguards
In their appeal, the family also urged the Kenyan government to review child adoption laws, claiming that unscrupulous individuals both locally and internationally exploit legal loopholes to illegally obtain children under the pretext of adoption.
They further encouraged landlords, property managers, and investors to install CCTV cameras in residential estates to bolster neighborhood security and assist in identifying suspects in such cases.
Rising Cases of Child Abduction
This incident comes at a time when schools remain closed for the long holidays, a period authorities have often flagged as high-risk for child abductions and human trafficking.
Police continue to urge parents and guardians to remain extra vigilant, especially in urban areas where abduction cases have been on the rise.
