Tom Mokaya, who is a former treasury employee has been reported missing.
Mokaya went missing on Sunday, June 18, 2023, and his land cruiser V8 vehicle, whose number plate had been removed, was found dumped in Kilgoris, Transmara.
Transmara West Police officers discovered the vehicle on Thursday, June 22, 2023, in the afternoon.
Jamlick Ngaruiya, the Transmara Sub-county Police Commander stated that they found Mokaya’s vehicle after a tipoff from the public.
“Stephen Mokaya, who is Mokaya’s son identified that the vehicle belongs to his father,” the Transmara sub-county commander said.
He further confirmed that the vehicle was vandalised, with the battery and radio missing.
Speaking to members of the press, Ngaruiya said that the officers also found some documents in the said vehicle, which he said would assist them in the ongoing investigations.
The former treasury official’s home is in Ngata farm, Nakuru, where he was coming from en route to Kisii before he went missing.
His mysterious disappearance has now left the family in panic as they hope to find their loved one alive and unharmed.
The police are yet to identify or make arrests of any suspects that could be linked to the missing of this former treasury official who sadly didn’t get to his intended destination.
Tom Mokaya is the brother of Ambassador Keny Nyaucho Osinde (late).
Tom Mokaya’s family
The family of Mokaya, who are now in distress, spoke to a local media station stating that ‘as of now’ they have no one they can suspect.
They however expressed their hope to have him back home alive.
“The most important thing is to help bring him back alive. As of now, everyone is putting efforts to ensure he is back safe and sound, ” a family member stated.
Mokaya left the Treasury in 2010, to pursue business, after which he was able to acquire his home in Ngata Farm.
His nephew <a href="http://
My uncle Tom Mokaya Osinde is missing. His car registration number KBZ 900R, a black Land Cruiser , was found vandalized in Kilgoris.
Family is appealing to anyone with information on his whereabouts to call 0723765267 or report to the nearest police station.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/1WmXyhURcD
— Emmanuel Osinde (@1Osinde) June 24, 2023
” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener nofollow”>Emmanuel Osinde has also twitted about his uncle’s disappearance urging the public to ‘share any information they might have about his whereabouts to the family phone number which he shared or to the nearby police station.’
Public reaction
Other Kenyans online have also tweeted about Mokaya’a disappearance and the recovery of his vehicle.
However one had a special view comparing the missing Tom Mokaya to the late Chris Msando who worked as the Information, Communication and Technology manager at the Independent Electoral Boundaries of Kenya(IEBC)before he went missing and was later found dead.
Msando’s body was found together with the body of a 21-year-old female medical student believed to have been his friend dumped in Muguga Forest, in Kiambu County.
According to the police who investigated his case, the two were captured on CCTV cameras leaving a joint in town, where they had just had drinks, with little knowledge that a few hours later, they would meet their death.
Msando had been on an interview at a local TV station just before his death.
Critics linked his death to his critical role in the electoral process and some termed it as a crime of passion, after the young lady’s sister revealed on television that the two had a romantic relationship.
Mokaya’s missing
Unlike Msando, Mokaya had already stopped working at the treasury department long before he went missing.
Detectives are now on every corner undertaking an intensive search to ensure they find the businessman and former treasury official.
It is not yet known whether the detectives have attempted to trace his phone, to know his whereabouts, as it was not among the things found in his car, which was vandalised and abandoned in Kilgoris, Transmara sub-county.
