IG Kanja and DCI Boss Amin Urge Court to Dismiss Abduction Case Filed Against Them
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Director Mohammed Amin have requested the court to dismiss the abduction case filed against them.
The case, filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), sought to compel the IG and DCI to produce several young men who were allegedly abducted and had since gone missing. LSK, under the leadership of its president, Faith Odhiambo, accused the police of being behind the abductions and demanded that the police boss be held personally accountable for the disappearance of seven Kenyans who were abducted on Christmas Eve.
Representing Kanja and Amin in court on February 14, 2025, lawyer Paul Nyamodi argued before Judge Bahati Mwamuye that the case should be thrown out. He insisted that it was unreasonable to expect his clients to locate and present the missing individuals.
“If these youths are missing, their families should file a missing person report. Investigations can then be conducted, and appropriate action taken based on the findings,” Nyamodi stated.
He further explained that the habeas corpus application was based on the assumption that the whereabouts of the missing individuals were unknown. “To require my clients to go and rescue them implies that they have control over the situation, which is unrealistic. It is an impossible demand,” Nyamodi emphasized.
At the same time, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen distanced the police from the abductions, maintaining that the missing youths were not in police custody.
Speaking through his lawyer, Danstan Omari, Murkomen assured the court that law enforcement agencies were making genuine efforts to locate the missing individuals. He also urged the public to allow the police to carry out their investigations without undue interference or criticism.
The case was brought to court by LSK in collaboration with the families of the missing men—Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Billy Mwangi, Gideon Kibet (also known as Kibet Burr), and his brothers Ronny Kiplagat and Steve Kavingo—who were abducted on December 24, 2024.
In their petition, the families sued multiple government institutions, including the Inspector General of Police, the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Interior Cabinet Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
For several weeks, IG Kanja and DCI boss Amin had ignored court summonses. However, they finally appeared before the court on January 30, 2025, where they denied holding the missing youths in custody.
Shockingly, on the same day that Kanja and Amin appeared in court, the body of Martin Mwau was discovered at the Nairobi City Mortuary. His body was found in the same location where the remains of Mutumwa Musyoki had been identified earlier that same day.
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