Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali, who was reported to have gone missing, has dismissed reports that he had been abducted, instead saying went into hiding to evade the police who were pursuing him.
The lawmaker was said to have gone missing from his rural home in Shitoto village, Mumias East on Friday night, on the eve of a meeting in Mumias town to address economic issues facing western region that was cancelled by the police.
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