Software engineer Ndiang'ui Kinyagia appeared in court on Thursday, alive and well, 11 days after he was allegedly abducted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
In the culmination of a high-stakes legal drama that had prompted a court summons for DCI boss Mohammed Amin, Ndiang'ui was presented before Justice Chacha Mwita-though the circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear.
Amin, through Senior State Counsel Emmanuel Bitta, protested that the DCI had been unfairly vilified over Ndiang'ui's disappearance without being granted a chance to explain its position. "Now that DCI has come, we pray that the directions be discharged and the DCI should wish to be given an opportunity to address on behalf of the directorate because they feel they have not been given a fair opportunity to be heard as regard to issues raised," said Bitta.
After exchanges that lasted for almost three hours, Justice Chacha Mwita ordered the police not to arrest him until further orders from the court.
