肯尼亚大型新闻媒体《标准报》编辑亚历克斯·基普罗蒂奇于9月2日晚间9点20分左右在纳库鲁附近的吉尔吉尔-纳库鲁高速公路上被武装人员绑架1。约9小时后，他在距离绑架地点200多公里外的马辛加大坝附近被释放1。《标准报》首席执行官查查·姆维塔表示，这起绑架"具有针对记者做其工作的有针对性攻击的所有特征"1，该媒体及人权组织怀疑政府参与其中1。
基普罗蒂奇曾在6月时表示自己险些遭第二次绑架企图，该事件发生在总统鲁托在社交媒体上点名《标准报》后的三天1。这起绑架事件反映了肯尼亚近期的一个更广泛的模式——今年已发生数十起针对政府批评者和活动人士的绑架事件1。
Alex Kipchoge, an editor at The Standard, Kenya's major news outlet, was abducted by armed men on September 2 around 9:20 p.m. on the Gilgil-Nakuru highway near Nakuru.1 He was released approximately nine hours later around 6:30 a.m. near the Masinga Dam, more than 200 kilometers from the abduction site.1
The Standard and human rights organizations have attributed responsibility to the government, characterizing the incident as a targeted attack on critical journalists.1 The newspaper's CEO, Kacha Mwita, stated that the abduction "bears all the hallmarks of a targeted attack on a journalist doing his job."1 This abduction follows a previous attempted kidnapping in June that Kipchoge narrowly escaped, which occurred three days after President Ruto singled out The Standard on social media.1 The incident reflects a broader pattern in Kenya, with dozens of abductions targeting government critics and activists reported throughout the year.1
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