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How Standard Group editor survived a harrowing ordeal at the hands of police

From The Standard · () English

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  • Standard Group Senior Editor Alex Kiprotich made a frantic call saying he was being abducted in Gilgil, Kenya, before his phone was switched off.
  • The company’s head of security repeatedly tried to call back after the line went dead.
  • The account describes an ordeal involving Kenya police, but the provided text does not give further details of what followed.

At 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Standard Group Senior Editor Alex Kiprotich made what appeared to be a final desperate call. He contacted the company’s Head of Security, Tom Kipyegon, and shouted that he was being abducted in Gilgil, Kenya.

His voice sounded frantic and barely coherent. Then the line went silent. Kipyegon tried calling back repeatedly, but none of the calls connected. Minutes later, Kiprotich’s phone had been completely switched off.

The account frames the incident as a terrifying encounter with Kenyan police. A photograph shows officers leading Kiprotich to a vehicle in Gilgil on September 1, 2026. The provided report does not detail the events after the phone went dead, but presents the blackout as the moment the editor’s ordeal began.

I am being abducted in Gilgil.

— Alex KiprotichThe editor reportedly shouted this during his final phone call to the company’s head of security.
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