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Activist Wafula Buke during an interview on Spice FM on Wednesday, July 1. [Screen grab]

Human rights activists are pushing back against official claims that reported victims are simply going into hiding, arguing the pattern points instead to a deliberate campaign of intimidation against government critics.

Among them is Wafula Buke, who, speaking on Spice FM on Wednesday, July 1, challenged remarks made by Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo on Tuesday.

Omollo maintained that Kenyans reported missing were instead hiding themselves to embarrass the state.