NAROK Kenya, June 24 -A former Treasury official Tom Fred Mokaya Osinde has been missing since June 17, family members and police have said.
Osinde went missing on June 17 while travelling from his Nakuru home to his rural home in Kisii County.
His vehicle, a black Toyota Landcruiser registration number KBZ 900R, was later found abandoned and vandalized around Sikawa in Kilgoris, Narok County. The car however had its registration number plates, battery and radio missing.
Police said there were some blood spots where the car was found on Saturday June 24 in the morning but they do not know his whereabouts.
Transmara West Sub County police commander Jamlek Ngaruiya said the car was found abandoned on the roadside on June 22 which was almost five days after he went missing.
He said the public in the area informed the police the car was abandoned on the roadside.
“His family has identified the car and confirmed it belongs to the missing Fredrick Tom Osinde who stays in Ngata, Nakuru,” he said.
The family said they last spoke to him on, June 23 when he left home aboard the car.
The family asked for help, urging the public or anyone privy to his whereabouts to contact them or file a report at the nearest police station.
They have recorded statements with the police.
“The most important thing is to help bring him back alive. As of now, everyone is putting efforts to ensure that our kin is back safe and sound,” a family member told the media.
Osinde is the brother to Ken Osinde, the former Chief of Staff in president Ruto’s office when he was the deputy president.
The late Osinde also served as Kenyan ambassador to Germany between 2010 and 2014.
The missing Osinde attended the University of Nairobi, where he studied economics.
After graduating, he worked for the Treasury Department for several years.
He was known for his expertise in financial management and he retired from Treasury in 2010 to start his own business.
He is successful in business, and he eventually acquired a large property in Ngata, Farm, Nakuru where he settled.
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