The mystery surrounding the missing ICC witness Meshack Yebei deepened after Boda Boda riders came out to say that they spotted Yebei in the outskirts of Eldoret and even rode him severally. “I saw him last Saturday. I have carried him on my motorcycle twice since you people reported that he had disappeared,” one of the riders said.

The riders in Kiplombe led Yebei’s family accompanied his brother Reverend Moses Kisoria to a semi-permanent house where he was said to have been seen as recently as Saturday last week. After inquiring from neighbours, though, the family was informed that no one had seen Yebei.

Lydia Menjo, one of the neighbours told the family no one has ever come to the house since the family left for Christmas. “The news about the disappearance of Meshack Yebei shocked us. We call on the Government to assist trace him so that the family can find peace,” she said.

“When we heard the claims, we saw it prudent to come and confirm for ourselves and possibly see if we could find leads that he indeed was living here and it is evident from the house structure that our brother was not a millionaire as many would think, he was just starting to develop himself,” added Reverend Kisorio.

Yebei was allegedly abducted on December 27, 2014 from Turbo market North of Eldoret where he had gone to have his sick child treated.

A body initially believed to be that of Yebei’s was retrieved by police at River Yala bridge on January 5 this year bearing marks of barbaric torture – his ears were chopped off and his head had deep cut wounds. A DNA test however established that the retrieved body was that of Hussein Yusuf. Yusuf was buried on January 22 by family at the Eldoret Muslim cemetery.