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Nairobi-based advocate Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi has been located in Sololo, Marsabit County, eleven days after he was reported missing, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has confirmed.
LSK president Charles Kanjama disclosed Thursday, November 12, the development but cautioned that the information was still being verified at the time he spoke.
The society had spent nearly two weeks pursuing legal and institutional channels to establish Abdi's whereabouts, issuing a statement as recently as November 9 to say his location remained unknown.
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The case had already reached the High Court at Milimani, where habeas corpus proceedings were held on November 5.
The court was set to deliver its ruling on November 10, the same day LSK called on advocates to assemble at Milimani Law Courts before marching to Jogoo House, the seat of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, to demand a formal response to an earlier memorandum.
On November 6, LSK organised a Purple Ribbon Protest March and delivered that memorandum to the Office of the Inspector…
