A Kiambu family identified the man found in Ruaka as Jackson Njuguna Wambui, a clothes vendor in the area.
Speaking at Kenyatta National Hospital, where Jackson is receiving medical attention, the family said they had last seen him on Sunday before identifying him in disturbing photos that surfaced online on Tuesday.
The family clarified that Jackson is not Ndiang’ui Kinyagia, the missing blogger, as had been speculated in online conversations.
He had been branded a blogger before he went missing, the family said.
Kinyagia is still missing since June 21 and was linked to the June 25 protests.
This came as the High Court directed the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin and Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to produce missing blogger and activist Kinyagia in court—“whether dead or alive.”
The directive was issued by Justice Chacha Mwita on Tuesday July 1 following a habeas corpus application filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), seeking the urgent production of Kinyagia, who went missing on June 21.
Justice Mwita expressed deep concern over the state’s handling of the matter, stating that DCI officers were the last known individuals to visit Kinyagia’s residence in Kinoo before his disappearance.
