A petition has been filed in the High Court seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, to produce, dead or alive, the missing Wajir County Assistant Commissioner and Huduma Centre Manager, Hussein Abdirahman Mohamed, who disappeared on July 8, 2025.
The case, filed under a certificate of urgency at the Milimani Criminal Division, was presented by lawyers Danstan Omari and Shadrack Wambui on behalf of Hussein's family.
The petition lists the Inspector General of Police, the Attorney General, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) as respondents.
Mohamed was last seen attending an official function in Wajir County, attended by the Public Service Cabinet Secretary, Geoffrey Ruku
According to the petition, on the fateful day, the county officer was seen flanking the CS during his visit to the County of Wajir, shortly before he went missing.
“The applicant was last seen during the event of the visit of the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the ministry of Public Service to Wajir, where he sat among the dignitaries that were welcoming the Cabinet Secretary to Wajir County up and was whisked to unknown and or undisclosed locations on July 8, 2025," the court papers reads in papers.
According to the family lawyers, Hussein vanished under mysterious circumstances at around 10 am, and efforts to trace him to date have been futile.
The petition argues that as a high-ranking public servant and national figure, Hussein's disappearance cannot be treated as an ordinary case of someone vanishing without a trace.
"The status the applicant (Hussein) holds in society, both as an Assistant County Commissioner posted at Wajir County, and the Manager at Huduma Center, Wajir raise questions as to his sudden disappearance, as he is a national figure and a high-ranking public servant as such, hence cannot be taunted to have vanished mysteriously and without a trace," lawyer Omari states in the court papers.
In their application, the family claims there is a reasonable belief that Mohamed is being held incommunicado by police or other state agencies.
“That this honourable court certify this matter as extremely urgent and grant production orders of Mohamed before court, as his rights to freedom of movement and association have been legally, unjustifiably and arbitrarily violated,” Omari stated.
The family says efforts to trace his whereabouts have been futile despite having reported the case to various state agencies.
“That the family members of the applicant made a report to the police officers at Sojir Police Station in Wajir County in a bid to get closure on his whereabouts, however the same has borne no fruits yet,” the application reads, referring to the OB number recorded in their report.
The petitioners want the court to compel IG Kanja to personally or jointly with the AG and DPP produce Hussein before the court immediately.
“That this honourable court be pleased to direct the second respondent (IG), either personally or jointly with the other respondents (AG and ODPP), to immediately and unconditionally present the person Hussein, to be subjected to the rule of law,” reads the application.
The family says it remains apprehensive and disturbed by the unexplained disappearance of their kin, especially considering he had no known enemies or disputes and was actively performing his duties at the Huduma Centre.
"Before the unconstitutional, illegal and surreptitious abduction and forceful detention of the Hussein incommunicado, he was going about his duties as the manager, Huduma Centre, Wajir, with no feuds and or known enemies or assailants who had ill intentions against him and intended to waylay he for whatever reason," adds the court documents.
The High Court is expected to issue directions on the petition.
