The family of Peter Muteti has broken its silence seven days into the disappearance of their son.
Muteti was taken away by unknown men with concealed faces on December 21.
He had stepped out to a shop within Uthiru locality in Nairobi county when he met the abductors.
After days of not hearing from him and anxiety mounting, Muteti's family has owned up on his behalf, pleading with the state to extend clemency to him.
It is believed that the X user, who enjoys a massive following, offended his tormentors by posting offensive tweets against the president.
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His father, Barnabas Njeru, passionately apologised to the state on his behalf.
Speaking from Tharaka Nithi county, Njeru said his son's disappearance had taken a toll on his mental wellness, pleading with the state to intervene and release him.
"I was shocked on December 21 when I received the news that my son had gone missing. I have since then been worried. I cry, my tears getting into my stomach. I beg the government and our president; if the young man erred, then I apologise on his behalf. And I also want to apologise to Kenyans," said the distraught father.
On her part, Muteti's mother, Doricate Njeru, said she was having difficulty undertaking her daily routine due to anxiety over the whereabouts of her son.
"I have not been eating; I am not at peace. It is tears all through. I want to beg our beloved president to release my son," she pleaded.
Muteti's missing adds to the list of young Kenyans deemed critics who have been missing in the past seven days.
On the same day he went missing, Billy Mwangi, another blogger, was picked by unknown people in Embu.
Billy was in a barber's shop when the abductors showed up, drugged him out and bundled him into their waiting double-cabin pickup.
Also missing is digital cartoonist Gideon Kibet and his younger brother Ronny Kiplagat.
Kibet, 23, erupted to fame with his silhouette depictions likened to President Ruto.
He was using his art as a form of anti-government activism, perhaps touching the raw nerves of the abductors believed to be state operatives.
Kibet went missing on Tuesday, December 24, after attending an event in Nairobi to which he had been invited by Busia senator and activist Okiya Omtatah.
Also missing is Bernard Kavuli, a journalism student in Nairobi; he was abducted in Ngong, Kajiado county.
