The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Douglas Kanja have been summoned to appear in court on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) to explain the whereabouts of a security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe who disappeared four years ago.
High Court Judge Martin Muya ordered the DPP and IGP to appear before him to explain why they did not produce Mr Mbijiwe in court as directed on September 19, 2025.
Mr Mbijiwe, a former pilot with the Kenya Air Force, went missing in 2021 and his whereabouts remain unknown.
The family’s lawyer, Mr Evans Ondieki, told the presiding judge that he served both the DPP and IGP summonses to attend court on October 14, 2025 to shed light on the whereabouts of Mr Mbijiwe.
However, the DPP and IGP sought for more time to find out whether the summonses for their court attendance were served upon them. Justice Muya ordered Mr Ondieki to serve them afresh. The case will be mentioned on October 15, 2025 for further directions.
Mr Ondieki told the court that police know where Mr Mbijiwe is as they were the last people to be seen with him. In the case, Ms M’Ithinji has sued the government seeking orders to compel the IGP, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the DPP produce her son in court.
In the case filed under a certificate of urgency, Ms M’Ithinji has stated that she “has gone through psychological and emotional torture for the last four years when her son was allegedly kidnapped by unknown people around Roysambu, Nairobi County.”
In the case which has been listed for hearing on September 19, 2025 before Justice Kimondo, the mother says Mr Mbijiwe has been held incommunicado for four years.
“We have looked for my son Mwenda Mbijiwe at every police station, hospital, prison and mortuary in vain. My last hope is this court,” Ms M’Ithinji states in her affidavit.
Ms M’Ithinji and Mr Mbijiwe have named the Attorney-General (AG) Dorcas Oduor, IG, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), DPP and the National Police Service (NPS) as defendants.
The High Court has been informed by Ms M’Ithinji, that Mr Mbijiwe was “abducted on June 12, 2021 in Nairobi County while heading to Meru County”.
She claims that her son was whisked away and taken to various destinations that are “unknown to his family members”.
Mr Ondieki claimed that Mr Mbijiwe had expressed fear for his life . He had also expressed interest in the Meru gubernatorial seat. He was allegedly accosted by men in civilian clothes, driving a vehicle belonging to a Mr Edward Mwangi Macharia.
“Before the unconstitutional, illegal and surreptitious abduction and forceful detention, Mr Mbijiwe had reported death threats on his life,” Mr Ondieki states in the court pleadings.
The lawyer said Mr Mbijiwe had reported the death threats at the Central Police Station where he was issued with OB number 75/1606/2021.
He further says that Mr Mbijiwe was last seen with DCI officers dressed in civilian clothing and driving unmarked vehicles.
