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[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

THE STANDARD GROUP PLC

PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nairobi, Kenya - September 2, 2026

ALEX KIPROTICH FOUND SAFE

The Standard Group PLC is relieved to inform the public that our Associate Editor, Alex Kiprotich, has been found safe this morning, following his abduction along the Gilgil-Nakuru highway last night.

Mr Kiprotich was located by a Standard Group team led by the Group CEO Chaacha Mwita at around 6.30am near Masinga Dam, after being dumped by his captors in the early hours of the morning. He had sought refuge with a nearby family, who took him in and cared for him. He is safe, though understandably shaken by his ordeal.

We thank everyone who mobilised through the night to search for him, prayed for him, and stood with this Group and his family through an anxious few hours - including the household that opened its doors to him.
The circumstances of Mr Kiprotich's abduction remain deeply troubling, and we will continue to press for full accountability. We will share further information as it becomes available.

For now, we are simply grateful that Alex is safe.

CHAACHA MWITA,

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The STANDARD GROUP PLC

[Gitz  @Gitz__]

Katiba day ata haijamaliza wiki na Must Go asharudi kwa abductions zake.

[Eric Muriuki @Benign_Overlord]

Abductions are back after a short break!??

[KTN News @KTNNewsKE]

BREAKING NEWS: Standard Group’s Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich abducted by unknown people along Gilgil-Nakuru Road, CEO Chaacha Mwita demands safe and unconditional release.

#KTNPrime

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

Very disturbing development

[Anwar Saddat @AnuarSaddat]

Kasongo has abducted Associate Editor of the Standard Ndugu Alex Kiprotich because the Newspaper exposed Ruto and his family involvement with the police uniform tender.

If Ruto doesn’t like newspapers writing about is corruption, then he should stop being corrupt.

Abductions and intimidation of journalists is not the way to go.

[Salim M Ishmael, M.D 🇰🇪 @salimishmael_]

Amkeeeniiiii

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

This morning let's all speak up for Alex.

FREE ALEX KIPROTICH.

FREE ALEX KIPROTICH.

They tried in June. Last night they took him.
A journalist does not disappear on a public road while we scroll.

Free Him Now

[ˢᶦˡᵛᵃ ʲʳ @SilvaaJrr_]

as pessoas estão construindo carreiras e formando famílias

enquanto isso, eu: ainda tentando montar uma rotina

[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

THE STANDARD GROUP PLC
PRESS STATEMENT

Nairobi, Kenya

September 1, 2026

STANDARD GROUP CONDEMNS ABDUCTION OF ITS SENIOR EDITOR, DEMANDS HIS IMMEDIATE AND SAFE RELEASE

The Standard Group PLC confirms that shortly before 9:20pm this evening, our Associate Editor, Alex Kiprotich, was abducted along the Gilgil–Nakuru road while travelling to Nakuru. We do not know where he is as we issue this statement.

This is the second time in as many months that Mr Kiprotich has been targeted. On 27 June 2026, armed men in a Toyota Probox a vehicle model repeatedly linked to enforced disappearances of government critics in Kenya, tried to seize him from his car as he drove to work in Nakuru. He got away by locking his doors and driving off. That attempt came days after President William Ruto publicly criticised this Group over its coverage, and our own investigations traced the vehicle to the National Police Service's Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau. No one has ever been held to account for it.

Tonight, that threat has been carried out.
We do not believe this is a coincidence. Mr Kiprotich has been at the forefront of our editorial output, including reporting that has scrutinised the conduct of the State, and tonight's abduction bears all the hallmarks of a targeted attack on a journalist for doing his job.

We believe it may be linked to elements within the State seeking to intimidate this Group into silence. If that is confirmed, this is not simply a crime against one man. It is an assault on the Constitution of Kenya, on the freedoms of expression and of the media guaranteed under Articles 33 and 34, and on the right of every Kenyan to independent information.

We say this plainly and without equivocation: the Standard Group holds the State responsible for Alex Kiprotich's safety and his life, and for anything that happens to him while he remains missing. Protecting the life and liberty of every citizen is the State's first duty, not an afterthought, and Mr Kiprotich's safety now rests entirely in its hands.

We are demanding:
1. The immediate, safe and unconditional release of Alex Kiprotich.

2. A prompt, transparent and independent investigation into his abduction, and into why no one has ever answered for the attempt of June 27, 2026.

3. Real, visible guarantees that journalists in Kenya will be protected, in keeping with commitments the President has already made publicly and has so far failed to honour.

We are calling on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Law Society of Kenya, the Media Council of Kenya, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and everyone who values a free press in this country, to demand answers alongside us until Mr Kiprotich is found safe.

We will keep the public informed as we learn more, and we will not let this matter quietly fade from view.

CHAACHA MWITA,

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,

THE STANDARD GROUP PLC

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[latatalover @latatalover]

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[juju🌴 @jujubazofc]

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[Nora @nora_mindnotes]

I hope I never become too busy to notice the small evidence that life is going right. A good conversation. A safe journey home. A meal you enjoyed. A laugh you didn't plan. Those moments count too.

[Jaynett🦋 @wunmisznn]

Me calculating how much bills I have to pay by month end and how much will remain.

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[Jovy @chimajovita]

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[AMARA💕 @simbyii]

Me counting how many days are left until my next salary