Blogger Ndiangui’s return exonerates DCI - Ichung’wah

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has said the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been exonerated after missing blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia surfaced.

Ichung’wah said many Kenyans doubted DCI Director Mohammed Amin when he stated that they were not holding Ndiangui.

“Last week, reports circulated all over that a young man had been abducted. The family even went to court, and DCI was directed to produce him. DCI was clear that they had not arrested the man, but many people did not believe,” he stated.

He said the man whom DCI had been ordered to produce presented himself to court.

“DCI were clear that they were also looking for the young man. Now he has resurfaced and said he had not been abducted,” he added.

Speaking at the Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum in Taita Taveta County, Ichung’wah regretted that people had believed Ndiangui was in police custody and DCI was lying.

Ndiangui presented himself to the court on Thursday morning, and an order was issued to the police not to arrest him.

He went missing on June 21, with his family suing the state and DCI over his 'abduction'.

Justice Chacha Mwita had on Tuesday ordered DCI boss Mohamed Amin to appear in court to explain the whereabouts of Ndiangui.

Family lawyer Kibe Mungai told the court Ndiangui called the family on Tuesday evening, saying he was well and safe.

Amin had been asked to appear in court to explain the whereabouts of the blogger.

Mwita, who noted that earlier directions to produce the activist alive or dead had not been complied with.

Mwita said Ndiang’ui’s lawyers had demonstrated that officers from the DCI had visited his home on June 21, 2025, when the activist is said to have been abducted. 

I have heard you and read the pleadings. The DCI officers visited his residence, and they are the only ones who were there when he disappeared,” the judge said.

The police and DCI said they searched his residence in Kinoo but did not find him.