Court orders IG, DPP served in case over missing Wajir Huduma Centre manager Hussein Abdirahman
Hussein Abdirahman Mohamed was last seen on July 8 during an official event attended by the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Geoffrey Ruku, in Wajir.
The High Court has directed the family of missing Wajir Assistant County Commissioner and Huduma Centre Manager Hussein Abdirahman Mohamed to serve court papers on the case's respondents.
The family on Monday, July 14, sued the Inspector General of police (IG), Director of Public Prosecutions and Attorney General as respondents seeking orders of the court directing them to produce Hussein dead or alive.
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The matter came up for directions on Tuesday before Justice Chacha Mwita, who directed that the pleadings be served without delay. The matter will be mentioned on July 17.
Hussein was last seen on July 8 during an official event attended by the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Geoffrey Ruku, in Wajir.
His distressed family, represented by lawyer Danstan Omari, filed an urgent habeas corpus application before the High Court, seeking to compel the police and state agencies to produce Hussein or disclose his whereabouts.
"This is a man who dedicated his life to public service. He had no known enemies, no personal disputes. Yet, he disappears after attending a state event," the petition reads in part.
The family reported his disappearance to the Sojir Police Station in Wajir, but more than a week later, no leads or progress have been communicated, deepening the family's fears.
According to the lawyer, Husein may have been abducted by state agents and is being held incommunicado, in violation of his fundamental rights under the Constitution.
He urged the court to enforce constitutional protections against enforced disappearances.
The family wants the court to compel the state to produce Hussein by July 14, failing which the government must give a full and satisfactory account of his fate and current location.
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