DCI boss Amin honours court summons in Ndiangui's case

Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin has presented himself in court in compliance with a court order issued by Justice Chacha Mwita over the 'abduction' of Ndiangui Kinyangia.

The orders came after Ndiang’ui’s lawyers stated that officers from the DCI had visited his home on June 21, 2025, when the activist was 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 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 know we are in a country operating under the law... We may speak a lot of English, but the primary issue is that the liberty and life of Ndiang'ui are 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 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.

The blogger has already presented himself in court as of July 3.

He is alive and well. Lawyer Wahome Thuku earlier on said Ndiang’ui had gone into hiding.