On November 10, 2026, Justice Alexander Muasya Muteti delivered a ruling that many lawyers had been waiting for. The case concerned Advocate Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi, who disappeared on the night of October 31, 2026 after telling his brother he was going to a wedding in Kilimani. That was the last anyone heard from him. The next day his phones were off. His car, registration KDL 356C, was found abandoned in a ditch along Muchai Road.
People who were there told police they had seen the car being chased by a black Land Cruiser Prado TX and a black double-cab. The men in those vehicles, they said, wore tactical uniforms and carried guns in the open. They dragged the driver out and put him in the Land Cruiser. His brother, Zakaria Abshir, went to court and asked for a writ of habeas corpus. In simple terms, he asked the court to order the State to produce his brother, dead or alive, or explain where he was as they should. The answer of the State was that “we do not have him.”
What the good judge did with that answer is what makes this ruling worth reading. He did not accept it as the end of the matter. He also did not reject it outright.
