A High Court summons just dragged a key witness into the spotlight over a security expert who vanished in 2021 and has never been found.
The court orders a witness to testify
The court orders a witness to testify
- Justice Martin Moya greenlit the summons after Mbijiwe's family lawyer, Evans Ondieki, pushed for it.
- Jane Gatwiri Mbijiwe, the missing man's mom, filed an affidavit laying out everything.
- Her account claims men in plain clothes grabbed Mwenda Mbijiwe in the Roysambu area.
- Mbijiwe was reportedly heading to Meru in a car belonging to his friend, Edward Maina Macharia.
- Authorities impounded Macharia's vehicle and eventually gave it back.
- Nobody from law enforcement has ever contacted Macharia for a statement.
- Jane flagged this glaring hole in the probe during her court testimony.
- Jane told the court she had dealt with intimidation at her Meru home.
- Her harassment claims trace back to a sit-down with DCI boss Mohamed Amin.
- Amin had apparently pledged to speed up the whole investigation.
- Mwenda was a trained security consultant and former Kenya Air Force officer.
- His mother submitted photos of him with ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
- Snaps with high-ranking Kenya Defence Forces officers were presented as evidence.
- Jane says her relationship with her daughter-in-law has seriously deteriorated.
- She broke down crying on the witness stand right after cross-examination.
- Mbijiwe's sister rushed over to comfort her while proceedings were paused.
- Authorities found Mbijiwe's car abandoned near Nyeri after he vanished.
- His brother, Nicholas Bundi, trekked from Meru to DCI headquarters in Nairobi.
- Bundi's symbolic walk happened roughly seven months after the disappearance.
- February 18, 2026, is when the court will confirm whether the witness got served.
