Kanja, DPP given seven days to produce missing security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe
The order follows an urgent application filed by Mbijiwe’s mother, Jane Gatwiri, who sought judicial intervention to compel the government to immediately and unconditionally release her son.
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have been ordered by the High Court to produce missing security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe, whose whereabouts have remained unknown for more than four years since his alleged abduction.
The directive, issued on Tuesday by Justice Martin Muya at the Nairobi High Court, compels the two officials to present Mbijiwe, dead or alive, within seven days.
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The order follows an urgent application filed by Mbijiwe’s mother, Jane Gatwiri, who sought judicial intervention to compel the government to immediately and unconditionally release her son.
In her affidavit, Gatwiri detailed how Mbijiwe, a former Kenya Air Force officer and security consultant, was abducted on June 12, 2021, near Roysambu in Nairobi while travelling to Meru County.
She alleged that unidentified men, believed to be security officers, seized him in an unmarked vehicle after he had previously reported threats to his life. Mbijiwe’s last public appearance was during a Muuga FM radio interview on June 10, 2021, where he discussed national security matters.
“The said detention is illegal, irregular and unlawful and cannot be justified in a democratic society that believes in the rule of law and constitutionalism,” Gatwiri said in her application.
She further argued that Mbijiwe’s prolonged disappearance infringes on his constitutional rights to liberty, health and freedom of movement, and called on the state to disclose his whereabouts.
Seven months after the disappearance, Mbijiwe’s brother, Nicholas Bundi, undertook a symbolic walk from Meru County to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi to raise awareness about the family’s plight and pressure authorities to act.
The case, which has been certified as extremely urgent, seeks to have the matter heard ex parte initially. Gatwiri’s application requests that Mbijiwe either be produced before the court to face legal determination or immediately released from what the family describes as unlawful custody.
The matter is scheduled for mention on November 11, 2025, for further directions.
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