The High Court has ordered Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin to appear in person on Monday without fail to explain the whereabouts of three missing Kenyans.
Justice Alexander Muteti of the High Court Criminal Division directed the two to personally attend court on July 20,2026 at 1 pm after they failed to honour a court summons.
The court had ordered them to produce the three missing persons, Macmillan Mugo, Evans Otieno Omondi and Michael Oloo live or dead after an application of habeas corpus was filed in court
The judge additionally gave the Inspector General and the DCI boss until Friday this week to file replying affidavits responding to the habeas corpus applications filed by the families of the missing men.
In response lawyer Paul Nyamodi, appearing for the Inspector General and the DCI Director, told the court that his clients were unable to attend because they were in an urgent security planning meeting.
He said the short notice of the summons made it difficult for them to appear and asked the court to allocate another date for their attendance.
Nyamodi also informed the court that the three missing men are not in police custody and sought time to respond to the applications.
He further submitted that the applications before the court do not meet the legal threshold required in law for the orders sought.
Lawyers representing the families led by Advocate Abner mango opposed the request, insisting that court orders must be obeyed.
They argued that the Inspector General and the DCI Director head agencies with the capacity to trace missing persons and should account for the whereabouts of the three men or disclose who is holding them if they are not in police custody.
