DCI Boss Mohamed Amin is expected to appear in court today, Wednesday, July 3, 2025, at 11 am over the disappearance of blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia.
This follows the recent directive made on Monday, after the DCI revealed the weird circumstances under which Kinyagia disappeared, while also denying his arrest.
Kinyagia, 35, known for his online presence under the X account Dacuin Da, was vocal in mobilising digital support for the June 25 Gen Z protests.
According to his mother, Margaret Rukwaro, she called to check on him, but he replied using WhatsApp, saying he would be offline for an hour. “I asked if everything was alright and he said yes,” she recalls.
Kinyagia’s whereabouts
While issuing the directive, Justice Chacha Mwita said that Amin should appear and explain Kinyagia’s whereabouts, as the DCI officers were the last known individuals to visit the blogger’s residence.
Speaking about the issue, Justice Chacha insisted that it has been demonstrated by lawyers representing Kinyagia that he was last seen 10 days ago, shortly after sharing a controversial programme for the June 25 anti-government protests. According to the lawyers, indeed, the officers from the DCI office visited Kinyagia’s residence on 21st June 2025, when the blogger is said to have been abducted.
Furthermore, Senior Counsel Martha Karua and Willis Otieno told the court that it had been admitted by Amin that the blogger was a man of interest and indeed his officers visited his residence and took the inventory.
A Person of Interest
The court’s order for Amin to appear in court comes a few days after the DCI Boss denied taking responsibility for the whereabouts of the activist.
While speaking during a press briefing on Monday, Amin said that while Kinyagia was a person of interest in an ongoing investigation, he was not being held by the National Police Service.
“Ndiagui Kinyagia was a person of interest to us after publishing inflammatory content on social media,” Amin said.
While elaborating on the issue, Amin insisted that prior investigations confirmed that the social media account used to share the posts belonged to him. “We profiled him, identified his residence, and conducted a lawful search at his apartment in Kinoo, however, Kinyagi is not in police custody,” he asserted.
Having failed to comply with the earlier directive to produce the activist alive or dead, the High Court therefore needs Mohamed Amin to personally appear in court today to explain the whereabouts of blogger Kinyagia.
