The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Monday Ndiangui Kinyagia, the blogger and activist who went missing from his house in Kinoo, Kiambu County on June 22 is not in police custody.
Kinyagia was forcefully picked up from the house by suspected security officers in Subaru vehicles in Kinoo area, according to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), which cited Kinyagia’s neighbours.
His whereabouts have remained unknown since.
DCI Director Mohammed Amin said police don’t know about the blogger’s whereabouts, either.
“Ndiangui is not under the custody of the National Police Service.
He is a person of interest to us and wherever he is, I would urge that he submits and surrenders himself to the DCI,” he said.
Amin confirmed that Kinyangia was linked to an X account that posted a viral photo of a mock invitation to the concluded June 25 demonstration to commemorate last year’s deadly anti-finance bill protests.
The mock image, shared on June 19, featured Kenya’s coat of arms and an itinerary of events, among them a march to the State House in Nairobi and the swearing-in of a so-called transition council.
“He was a person of interest to us after he published very, very inflammatory material on social media,” Amin told reporters, claiming that police officers only searched Kinyagia’s house, confiscated some of his gadgets, and left.
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