The police have denied having in their custody three people said to have been kidnapped in Kitengela town last month. Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and DCI boss Mohamed Amin addressed journalists on the matter in a joint press conference.
“You are aware that I have just taken over the office,” Kanja said. He explained that according to reports, “we don’t have the Kitengela three with us.”
He confirmed an active investigation and called for public assistance. The three men disappeared one month ago, on August 19, 2024.
They include Longton Jamil, his brother Aslam Longton, and FreeKenya Movement coordinator Bob Njagi.
The abduction is said to have taken place when Njagi was pulled out of a bus and bundled into a Subaru in Mlolongo.
The brothers disappeared a few meters from their home. There has been speculation that perhaps the police might have been involved in these abductions.
There is suspicion that Njagi had stood in solidarity with businessman Jimi Wanjigi during Wanjigi’s arrest.
The case has brought out friction within the National Police Service. Former acting Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli was sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi handed down the sentence after Masengeli failed to explain the whereabouts of the trio. Masengeli is now fighting to overturn this sentence, but the responsibility now shifts to Kanja.
We are appealing to people of goodwill, anybody with any information, to come forward,” Kanja pleaded.
DCI boss Mohamed Amin weighted in on the abduction cases that had rocked the country. “It’s unfortunate that the country has witnessed a lot of abductions,” Amin said. He, however, maintained that police were not behind the incidences.
“We have received a couple of complaints about abductions, including the so-called Kitengela three,” Amin acknowledged.
He assured the cases were active investigation. “Any person that is arrested by officers of the National Police Service is taken to a gazetted polic
