Nairobi, Kenya — October 29, 2025
The High Court in Nairobi has ordered the government to produce missing security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe, who vanished more than four years ago under mysterious circumstances.
In a ruling delivered on Tuesday, Justice Martin Muya directed Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga to produce Mbijiwe in court — dead or alive — within seven days.
The order follows an urgent application filed by Mbijiwe’s mother, Jane Gatwiri, who accused the state of failing to account for her son’s whereabouts since his alleged abduction in June 2021.
According to Gatwiri’s affidavit, Mbijiwe — a former Kenya Air Force officer turned security consultant — was forcibly taken away by men believed to be security agents travelling in an unmarked vehicle. He has not been seen or heard from since.
“The said detention is illegal, irregular, and unlawful and cannot be justified in a democratic society that believes in the rule of law and constitutionalism,”
— Jane Gatwiri, in her affidavit.
Mbijiwe’s last known public appearance was during a Muuga FM interview on June 10, 2021, where he discussed matters of national security. His family claims he had previously reported receiving death threats over his outspoken commentary on security and governance issues.
Gatwiri told the court that the continued disappearance of her son constitutes a gross violation of his constitutional rights, including the rights to liberty, health, and freedom of movement. She urged the court to compel the state to disclose his whereabouts and ensure justice for the family.
In 2022, Mbijiwe’s brother Nicholas Bundi staged a symbolic walk from Meru to the DCI Headquarters in Nairobi to draw public attention to the family’s plight and pressure authorities to act.
Human rights groups, including Amnesty International Kenya, have repeatedly called for investigations into Mbijiwe’s disappearance, terming it part of a worrying pattern of enforced disappearances in the country.
The court’s directive now places pressure on security agencies to account for the missing analyst as public outrage grows over the government’s silence on the matter.
