IG Kanja, DCI Amin Ordered To Produce Kidnapped Businessman
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin have been directed by the Busia High Court to produce a Busia fish dealer who has been absent for more than a week.
This comes after he was allegedly abducted at a police roadblock by those posing as DCI officers.
On January 27, minutes after his bus was pulled over at the Korinda Police Roadblock on the Busia-Nairobi route, Ibrahim Mohamed, 35, vanished.
According to reports, the merchant was carrying Ksh17 million in US dollars when those posing as DCI agents told him to get off the bus.
His family has been left in the dark for seven days, with no clear explanations from security authorities as to his whereabouts or the fate of the large sum he brought.
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah stepped in to save Ahmed, a Somali businessman who was abducted by the DCI. Ahmed had collected KSh 17 million from Busia traders by the time he was abducted. pic.twitter.com/dYKQmSWUCs
— The Kenyan Vigilante (@KenyanSays) January 30, 2026
On February 5, 2026, Justice W. Musyoka of Busia High Court issued the court order, following a certificate of urgency filed by Andrew Okoiti and Mohamed Garad Mohamed.
The court has ordered the respondents to bring Mohamed before the court, living or dead, and to provide a valid cause for his arrest, detention, or prolonged imprisonment.
If the authorities are unable to locate the missing trader, they must file sworn affidavits within 24 hours, thoroughly accounting for his arrest and present whereabouts or condition.
The affidavits must identify the officers involved in the arrest, their command structure, and the places of detention or transfer and provide a full account of Mohamed’s fate.
The matter has been scheduled for all the parties on February 9, when both parties will present their cases before the Busia High Court for determination.
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has weighed in on the case, calling on the IG Kanja to compel DCI officers allegedly involved to account for the businessman’s whereabouts.
“Today, the court issued an order of habeas corpus compelling the IG of Police and the DCI to produce Mohamed, the trader abducted in Busia, dead or alive,” Omtatah stated.
The senator emphasised that the case follows deeply credible reports of an enforced disappearance, raising serious concerns about the conduct of law enforcement officers in the incident.
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Omtatah further demanded that the National Police Service (NPS) and the DCI comply with the court order without delay, terming it a constitutional obligation rather than an optional request.
“Secret detentions have no place in Kenya. The Constitution ensures that no citizen can be placed beyond the reach of the law,” the senator added in his statement.
This comes in the backdrop of the reports from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) on police brutality and executions.
Based on these reports, there were 82 cases of abductions or enforced disappearances linked to security agents, including the DCI and NPS, since June 2024, with 29 people still missing as of December 27, 2024.
IG Kanja, DCI Amin Ordered To Produce Kidnapped Businessman
