Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua has criticised Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and DCI Director Mohamed
Amin for defying a court order requiring them to account for missing blogger
Ndiang’ui Kinyagia.
Karua made the remarks on Tuesday during a habeas corpus hearing.
She accused the two senior officers of ignoring a court
directive issued on Monday, which ordered them to present Kinyagia in court or
provide a credible explanation.
“The IG Police and the DCI director ought to be here
before you. Nothing whatsoever has been said about their blatant disobedience
of the court order,” Karua told the court.
The case follows the disappearance of Kinyagia, who was allegedly abducted by masked men from his apartment in Kinoo on June 21, 2025.
His family later reported the incident at Kinoo Police
Station on June 23, but there has been no clear communication on his
whereabouts since.
Karua questioned the seriousness of the police
investigation into the disappearance, saying no substantial effort had been
made to locate Kinyagia.
“From the 23rd to today, there is nothing in the
replying affidavit of the respondents to tell us how far they have gone with
the investigations and what they have done, if at all, to find Kinyagia,” she
said.
“Even if we were to believe them that they do not have
him, their business is to investigate and know about the welfare of Kenyans.
That is why we pay them. That is why they exist.”
Justice Chacha Mwita, who is presiding over the
matter, had ordered the Inspector General to produce the blogger in court by
July 2 at 11:00 a.m. or give a satisfactory explanation.
The judge noted that Kinyagia had been missing for 10
days and that his life could be in danger.
DCI boss Amin, in a sworn response, denied that
Kinyagia was in their custody.
He acknowledged that the blogger is a person of
interest in connection with inflammatory online posts but claimed he was not
found during a search at his home.
Amnesty International Kenya and activist Boniface
Mwangi have condemned the continued silence from the police and are calling for
Kinyagia’s immediate release.
They allege he may be held incommunicado and possibly
facing torture.
