A family from Kiriari in Embu County is in agony after their kin, 24-year-old Karatina University student Rodgers Derick Mugendi, went missing.

Rodgers, who hails from Kiriari, Embu, is a student at Karatina University. He was last seen within the university area and has not been traced since then.

According to the family, efforts to reach him on phone have been unsuccessful, and his whereabouts remain unknown. The sudden disappearance has left the family distressed.

The family is now making a public appeal to students, residents and well-wishers in Karatina, Nyeri and Embu to help find him.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is requested to contact the family through 0707137203 or 0724120442 or report to the nearest police station.

The family is urging Kenyans to share the appeal widely to help reunite Rodgers with his family.