Drama in court as man blasts DCI lawyer over missing blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia

A dramatic scene unfolded in court Tuesday morning when an unidentified man interrupted live proceedings at a Milimani law court to accuse a lawyer representing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) of misleading the court over the disappearance of blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia.

The disruption came during a session where the court was receiving submissions from the DCI in response to a directive issued on Monday, ordering Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and DCI Director Mohamed Amin to produce the missing blogger in court.

The man, whose identity remains unknown, stood up during the session and shouted emotionally charged accusations against the DCI.

“We will not come here to listen to your stories. You have abducted someone. His family is crying, and you are here telling us stories,” he said.

“Enough is enough. Extrajudicial killings and disappearances must end now. We must stop this madness.”

Attempts to calm him down failed, as he insisted on speaking out, claiming Kinyagia had been abducted and accusing the police of extrajudicial practices.

“Enough with the lies. You must stop the abductions. You must stop extrajudicial killings,” he shouted, pointing at the DCI lawyer before continuing his outburst.

“You have abducted someone. His family is crying and you are here telling us stories… This is not right.”

His protest came shortly after the DCI lawyer denied that the agency had any role in the disappearance of Kinyagia.

“We must stop these evil things you are doing to us. It is not right to abduct someone and not present them to court. And you are here telling us stories about,”  the man said.

“This is not right. Why should they abduct someone and instead of producing them to court, they come here to start telling us stories about, I don't know, my client, my client did this.”

The court session was temporarily disrupted before order was restored.

 “Your client what? Then what are we supposed to do? If the people who are supposed to protect us have turned out to be the greatest threat to our security,” he ranted.

The whereabouts of blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia remain unknown, with the court expected to issue further directions on the matter Tuesday.