The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has reiterated that they did not arrest the missing Kinoo blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia, and he is not in their custody, nor do they know his whereabouts.
Appearing before Justice Chacha Mwita on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, lawyer Christopher Marwa, who was representing the DCI Director Mohammed Amin, told the court that they had not complied with the order that stated they produce the missing blogger.
However, he stated that all the other orders issued on Monday, June 30, 2025, were complied with.
“Your lordships, we have partially complied; what we have not been able to comply with is part of order five, which directed that my client produce the second petitioner (Kinyagia) in court today,” lawyer Marwa told the court.
Further, Marwa told the court that they have a sworn affidavit that gives the account of what happened on the day the blogger got lost, noting that his client did not arrest Kinyagia, and it is also in their interest that he be found.
“We have been able to give an account of what happened that resulted in the application that is before you, and in paragraph 20, my client, your lordship, has confirmed that they did not arrest the second petitioner, and so, your lordship, the second petitioner is not in the hands of my client,” lawyer Marwa told the court.
Notably, he informed the court that the investigations on the matter are ongoing.
However, lawyer Marwa told the court that there was no evidence that had been produced in court indicating that indeed the second petitioner (Kinyagia) was picked by his client.
He contested that the second petitioner’s lawyers have not placed any evidence in court showing the DCI picking the blogger from his residence.
“According to section 107 of the Evidence Act, your lordship demands that counsel appearing for the first and second petitioners (Law Society of Kenya and Kinyagia) do convince this court that indeed they saw or witnessed and confirmed my client, in particular the second respondent (DCI), as they picked the petitioner,” lawyer Marwa told the court.
He also urged the court to grant the DCI more time to look for the gentleman, adding that they need seven days to find the whereabouts of Kinyagia.
Lawyer Marwa also told the court that, according to the affidavit, Kinyagia was under investigation for his involvement in the just-concluded demonstrations that took place on June 25, 2025.
He also told the court that the affidavit clearly states that by the time his clients visited his apartment, he was not there; he had left.
According to the affidavit, the caretaker of the apartment said that the blogger left accompanied by two unknown ladies.
