The High Court has temporarily stayed its earlier order requiring the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin to personally appear in court on Monday, January 27, 2025.
The two were ordered to explain their involvement in the controversial abduction cases of several young men or face imprisonment.
The court had previously ordered Kanja and Amin, along with George Njao, the Director-General of the National Youth Service (NYS), to attend court proceedings over the disappearances of Billy Munyiri Mwangi, a college student, Ronny Kiplangat (the brother of cartoonist Kibet Bull), content creator Bernard Kavuli, and Peter Muteti, as well as the still-missing Bernard Kavingo. These cases have sparked widespread outrage and calls for accountability.
However, in a ruling on January 22, 2025, Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued a temporary suspension of the court orders made on December 31, 2024, and January 8, 2025, which had compelled the three senior government officials to personally explain the circumstances surrounding the disappearances.
