Lawyer Wahome Thuku Rubbishes Claims Ndiang’ui Kinyagia Staged His Abduction: "He's a Free Man"
- Lawyer Wahome Thuku dismissed claims that Ndiang’ui Kinyagia staged his disappearance, calling them baseless
- Thuku revealed he personally broke the news of Kinyagia's safety to avoid speculation and misinformation online
- He pointed to court records confirming that DCI officers raided Kinyagai’s house, challenging the self-abduction narrative
Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Nairobi - Lawyer Wahome Thuku has dismissed online claims that his client, Ndiang’ui Kinyagia, staged his own disappearance.
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Speaking outside the Milimani Law Courts on Thursday, July 3, Thuku made it clear that the narrative being pushed by some social media users does not align with the facts.
He clarified that he took the matter to the media after the family was informed of Kinyagia’s safety, to ensure that the news came directly from them and not through speculation.
"I posted this issue in the morning so that to ensure that it comes from the family. I am the one who took it first to the media to ensure that it comes from the family and not from the grapevine," Thuku said.
His remarks came shortly after Kinyagia presented himself at the High Court following nearly a week of disappearance that had sparked national concern and legal intervention.
Kinyagia, a tech expert and blogger, had been missing for several days before re-establishing contact with his family, prompting his legal team to arrange for his safe appearance in court.
Did Ndiang’ui Kinyagia self-abduct?
According to Thuku, any suggestion that the disappearance was self-orchestrated ignores critical facts that are already part of the official court record.
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He revealed details leading up to Ndiang’ui's disappearance, explaining how detectives raided his residence.
"Most of you remember because we want to make that distinction very clear that the DCI officers and they have confirmed this in a statement and in court and in an affidavit, actually went to Ndiang’ui's house at 2 pm and at 11pm they broke into his house and they carried away several things.
We said that, we reported that to police and they confirmed it in their affidavit and they have confirmed it in court. So anyone alleging there about the issue of abduction then I mean self-abduction then you must tell us whether the DCI breaking the house were part of the self-abduction and those are the issues we want to have briefed by our client," he explained.
Thuku added that if the DCI wishes to record a statement, they will facilitate the process, but under proper legal safeguards.
"We talk to him, he tells us what has been happening, we tell him what has been happening. If the DCI won't record a statement, they will record from him. We will be there to ensure that he is guided properly when recording a statement and that will be all, that will be it," he added.
Why did court summon DCI boss Amin?
The saga surrounding Kinyagia's disappearance had drawn sharp attention, especially ahead of the June 25 protests.
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja was summoned by the court to explain Kinyagai’s whereabouts, but failed to appear.
That led the court to escalate the matter, summoning DCI boss Mohamed Amin instead.
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