Activist Boniface Mwangi has castigated blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia for hiding all the while when the country thought he had been abducted.
In a statement shortly after Kinyagia revealed that he was alive and safe, Mwangi observed that the blogger’s move was wrong, as he had misled an entire country.
“What Ndiangui Kinyagia has done is wrong and criminal. An entire country was fighting for his release, and praying for his safety, thinking he was abducted, but all this time, he was in hiding! Shame on him and his family for misleading an entire nation,” Mwangi stated.
Blames family
Mwangi equally took a swipe at the family of Kinyagia, for what he terms misleading the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to file a petition to produce him in court dead or alive.
“The family of Ndiangui Kinyagia misled the Law Society of Kenya and had them file a habeas corpus, despite knowing he was safe and in hiding. This behaviour is shameful and inexcusable,” Mwangi noted.
The remarks come just after the family lawyer of Kinyagia, Wahome Thuku, revealed that the blogger had gone into hiding after getting wind that the DCI was looking for him over unknown offences.
“On behalf of the family of Ndiangui Kinyagia, I wish to inform the Kenyan public as follows:
“That Ndiangui, who went missing last week, has contacted the family and that he is well, healthy and safe.
Temporarily hiding
“Ndiangui contacted a family member on Tuesday evening from an undisclosed location. He indicated to the family member that he had hidden temporarily for fear of his life upon learning that DCI officers were looking for him over unknown criminal allegations,” Thuku said.
Kinyagia went missing on Saturday, July 21, 2025, after his house was raided and his effects confiscated by officials of the DCI over a post he made on his social media pages.
According to eyewitness accounts shared by LSK, Kinyagia’s home was raided in broad daylight by a group of six to ten men driving Subaru vehicles.
The intruders forcibly broke into the residence and seized several items, including laptops, passports, and other electronic devices.
