DCI boss Mohamed Amin appears before Judge Mwita
By Zipporah Ngwatu, July 3, 2025The Director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohamed Amin, has arrived at the Milimani High Court over the disappearance of a social media blogger.
The Milimani High Court had ordered the DCI boss to appear in person in court over the Kinoo activist’s disappearance.
During the court proceedings on Thursday, July 3, 2025, Senior Counsel Martha Karua urged the court to allow addressing procedural issues with compliance since the DCI Director was now in court.
“Your honour, it’s just that we thought we could take advantage of the presence of the DCI because, apart from that, there were compliance issues that we raised,” lawyer Karua told the court.
The first petitioners (Law Society of Kenya) lawyers requested the court to allow them to take advantage of the DCI presence in court, adding that they came to dine and their food was before them, sending the court into laughter.
“We have come to dine, and our food is here. This is our work as lawyers, and our witness is in court. We may miss this opportunity; it is a golden opportunity,” one of the lawyers stated.
Further, they said that since Amin was in court, they may get the chance to cross-examine him on the disappearance of their client to prepare for the case.
In his response, Judge Chacha Mwita stated that the orders of the High Court were to have the second petitioner dead or alive, and he was now in court and alive.
Justice Mwita stated that there is still a petition to be dealt with and that it was still at the preliminary stage.
However, the court did not allow the DCI boss to be cross-examined by the petitioners’ (LSK and Ndiangui) lawyers.
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, Justice Chacha Mwita directed Amin to appear before the court on Thursday, July 3, 2025, to explain the whereabouts of missing Kinoo blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia.
“I direct the Director of Criminal Investigations to attend court in person on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at 11 AM to explain the whereabouts of the second petitioner (Ndiangui Kinyagia). This matter will be mentioned on that day at the same time for further directions,” Justice Mwita ruled.
In his ruling, Justice Mwita stated that from the submissions presented in court, the DCI were the last people in the blogger’s residence on June 21, 2025, when he disappeared.
He also noted that there were inventories that also appear to come from the DCI that are contradictory; the entry inventories are said to have been signed by the caretaker.
However, he stated that the said caretaker did not swear an affidavit to say that she was present to witness the occurrences of that day.
Notably, Justice Mwita clearly directed lawyer Christopher Marwa, who was representing the DCI and IG, to inform them to stop bringing drama to the matter.
Additionally, he stated that there is no way a Kenyan will get out and vanish from this world without a trace.