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Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich has been found safe after he was abducted along the Gilgil-Nakuru Road. 

Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich has been found safe after he was abducted along the Gilgil-Nakuru Road. 

In an update on Wednesday, September 2, the Standard Group confirmed that Kiprotich was found dumped near the Masinga Dam in Machakos County. 

“Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich found safe, dumped near Masinga Dam nine hours after he was abducted along the Gilgil–Nakuru Road by armed men,” the media outlet announced. 

Kiprotich was abducted by armed men on Tuesday night, September 1, along the Gilgil-Nakuru road. 

In a video circulating online, four men armed with rifles intercepted Kiprotich’s vehicle before forcibly taking him and putting him into their vehicle. 

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Collage photo of armed individuals who abducted Alex Kiprotich. 

Standard Group CEO Chaacha Mwita, in a statement, said the journalist was travelling to Nakuru when he was abducted. 

“The Standard Group PLC confirms that shortly before 9:20 pm this evening, our Associate Editor, Alex Kiprotich, was abducted along the Gilgil–Nakuru road while travelling to Nakuru. We do not know where he is as we issue this statement,” read the statement in part. 

Mwita claimed that it was the second time that the Standard Group Editor was being targeted by armed men. 

According to Mwita, the armed individuals targeted Kiprotich on June 27, but he got away by locking his car doors and driving away. 

“On 27 June 2026, armed men in a Toyota Probox,  a vehicle model repeatedly linked to enforced disappearances of government critics in Kenya, tried to seize him from his car as he drove to work in Nakuru. He got away by locking his doors and driving off,” he stated. 

Mwita went on to claim that Kiprotich’s abduction is a move to try to silence the Standard Group. 

“We believe it may be linked to elements within the State seeking to intimidate this Group into silence,” the Standard Group CEO stated. 

Kiprotich’s abduction sparked outrage on social media platforms, with Kenyans and leaders demanding his release. 

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino condemned the abduction, describing it as an attack on press freedom and the rule of law. 

The ODM lawmaker also called for the arrest of the individuals behind the abduction of Kiprotich. 

“Those responsible, including anyone who ordered, facilitated, or participated in this heinous act, must be identified, arrested, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he wrote.