The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohamed Amin, is expected to appear in court this Thursday to explain the whereabouts of blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia.
This is following orders by High Court Judge Chacha Mwita, who noted that the directions to produce the activist alive or dead had not been complied with.
Amin is set to appear in court at 11am.
Justice Mwita said Ndiang’ui’s lawyers had demonstrated that officers from the DCI had visited his home on June 21, 2025, when the activist is said to have been abducted.
“I have heard you and read the pleadings. The DCI officers visited his residence, and they are the only ones who were there when he disappeared,” the judge said.
“The DCI conducted a search, and this person disappeared. We need an explanation as to where he is.
Senior counsel Martha Karua, Willis Otieno, Babu Owino, and Abuner Mango submitted that the DCI had admitted that the blogger was a man of interest and indeed, his officers visited his residence and took the inventory.
Lawyer Willis Otieno claimed that everything about Ndiang’ui’s disappearance from his residence in Kinoo, pointed to the DCI.
“The presence of the Subarus and officers in civilian clothes from the agency has not been denied. I assume the respondents knows we are in a country operating under the law... We may speak a lot of English but primary issue is that the liberty and life of Ndiang'ui is at stake,” he said.
This development comes after Ndiagui Kinyagia disappeared around June 21, 2025, shortly after posting controversial content online related to the June 25, 2025, protests.
The police and DCI said they searched his residence in Kinoo but did not find him.
They said they then seized several personal items, including laptops, mobile phones and passports.
Justice Mwita emphasised on the seriousness of the disappearance, noting that, “There is no way a Kenyan will get out of his home, and vanish from this world without a trace. It is not humanly possible.
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