High Court gives IG Kanja, DCI Amin final chance to explain disappearance of three Kenyans

High Court gives IG Kanja, DCI Amin final chance to explain disappearance of three Kenyans

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Justice Alexander Muteti orders the Inspector General and DCI Director to personally appear in court on July 20 after they failed to honour an earlier summons in a habeas corpus case involving three missing Kenyans.

The High Court has given Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin a final chance to personally appear in court and account for the whereabouts of three missing Kenyans after they failed to honour an earlier summons.
Milimani High Court Judge Alexander Muteti on Tuesday directed the two senior security officials to appear before him on Monday, July 20, 2026, saying the matter would proceed on that date after they failed to attend court despite previous orders requiring their personal appearance.
During the proceedings, lawyer Paul Nyamodi, representing Kanja and Amin, told the court that the two officials were unable to attend because they were participating in an official security meeting that had been scheduled before they received the court summons.
"My Lord, my clients are not present in court in person because they are in a meeting planning for the upcoming security meeting; thus, they could not come," Nyamodi submitted.
Nyamodi also argued that the orders requiring the two security chiefs to appear were issued late, leaving them with insufficient time to reorganise their official engagements.
Despite the explanation, Justice Muteti directed that both Kanja and Amin must personally appear in court on July 20 to answer questions regarding the disappearance of the three individuals at the centre of the case.
The matter stems from a habeas corpus application seeking to compel the National Police Service and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to produce three Kenyans who are alleged to have disappeared under circumstances that have raised concern among their families and human rights advocates.
A habeas corpus application is a constitutional legal process that requires state agencies to produce a person believed to be in their custody or explain their whereabouts if they cannot be found.
The court had earlier ordered the Inspector General and the DCI Director to appear in person, finding that their attendance was necessary to clarify the status of the missing persons and outline the efforts made to trace them.
The case will be mentioned again on July 20, when the two security chiefs are expected to appear before the court as directed.

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