The High Court has ordered IG Douglas Kanja and DCI boss Mohamed Amin to produce missing Busia businessman Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Mohamed, dead or alive, within 48 hours and pay him Sh5.84 million in damages over his 292-day disappearance
Justice Samuel Mohochi issued an order like a writ of habeas corpus, compelling IG Douglas Kanja, DCI boss Mohamed Amin and the ATPU commander to produce Ahmed before the court within three days after declaring his nearly 10-month disappearance since January illegal, unconstitutional and a violation of his fundamental rights.
In a judgment delivered on Friday, November 13, 2026, the judge declared that Ahmed's unlawful arrest, incommunicado detention and continued enforced disappearance constituted a flagrant and ongoing violation of his fundamental rights under Articles 25(a), 28, 29 and 49 of the Constitution.
The court awarded him Sh5.84 million in general, aggravated and exemplary constitutional damages against the Inspector General, National Police Service, DCI, ATPU commander, Director-General of the National Intelligence Service, Interior Cabinet Secretary and Attorney General, jointly and severally.
The judge warned that the State could not escape accountability through blanket denials while a Kenyan citizen remained missing.
"Enforced disappearance is a continuous, agonising violation of Articles 25(a), 28, 29, and 49.
