The Inspector General of Police Douglas Kaja and DCI boss Amin Mohammed have on Monday skipped a court session despite orders to avail themselves.
The duo were requested to appear before the court to answer into the whereabouts of four individuals who were abducted in Kitengele by unknown people.
Justice Chacha Mwita of the High Court had approved a request by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to have the two bosses appear before the court to answer to the charges.
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“That in the alternative, an order of habeas corpus is hereby issued directing the Inspector General of Police and the Director of Criminal Investigations to personally produce the bodies of Justus Mutumwa, Martin Mwau, Karani Muema, and Stephen Kavingo before this court on January 13, 2025, at 10 am” he said
Mwita continued by calling on the release of the four individuals as holding them this long was a clear violation of the constitution.
‘This matter, coming up for directions on the Notice of Motion and petition both dated 8th January 2025 before Honourable Justice E.C. Mwita and upon reading the pleadings and supporting documents, it is clear that the subjects who were arrested on 16th and 17th December 2024 have been held beyond the constitutional limit. Any continued holding of the four subjects is a violation of the constitution, the supreme law of the land, and is unmitigable.
That a conservatory order is hereby issued directing the Inspector General of Police and the Director of Criminal Investigations, in their official and personal capacities, to immediately and unconditionally release Justus Mutumwa, Martin Mwau, Karani Muema, and Stephen Kavingo,” he added
