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DCI director Mohamed Amin has said that missing blogger Ndiagui Kinyagia is not in police custody.

Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin has said that missing blogger Ndiagui Kinyagia is not in police custody.

Speaking on Monday, June 30, Amin acknowledged that Kinyagia was being sought for questioning over controversial online posts ahead of the June 25th protests. 

“Ndiagui Kinyagia was a person of interest to us after publishing inflammatory content on social media. Our primary investigations established that the social media account belonged to Ndiagui. We profiled him, we identified his residence, and our officers conducted a search at his apartment in Kinoo," he said. 

According to the DCI boss, the blogger was not found at his residence during the search.

However, Amin confirmed that police managed to seize several items that could aid in their investigations.

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“Unfortunately, he was not in his apartment, but we managed to conduct a search, recovering an assortment of electronic gadgets that we believe would be useful to us in our investigations,” he added. 

File image of Mohamed Amin

Amin insisted that the National Police Service is not holding the blogger and urged him to present himself to the authorities.

“Mine is to confirm to Kenyans that Ndiagui is not under the custody of the National Police Service (NPS), he is a person of interest to us, and wherever he is, I would urge that he surrender to the nearest police station,” he further said.

Kinyagia’s last known activity was a series of critical social media posts on June 21, days before the widespread demonstrations.

Earlier Monday, the High Court ordered the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, to produce Ndiangui, who has been missing for 10 days. 

Justice Chacha Mwita issued the order on Monday, June 30, during the hearing of an application filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).

Justice Mwita directed Kanja to produce Kinyagia in court on Tuesday, July 1, at 11:00 am without fail or provide an explanation for his continued disappearance.

“I have taken into account the fact that the second applicant has not been found for 10 days and that the life of a citizen is in danger,” the High Court judge stated.