The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has declined to research the disappearance of Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi, who went lacking on Wednesday, July 24, 2025.
In a press release dated Saturday, July 26, 2025, Vocal Africa CEO and activist Hussein Khalid revealed that the DCI turned away Mwabili’s household when he accompanied them to the company’s workplaces, stating that the matter didn’t fall inside their jurisdiction.
“Today, we accompanied the household of Mwabili to the DCI to formally ask them to intervene in his matter. The DCI refused to take up Mwabili’s case, citing that it doesn’t fall underneath their jurisdiction,” learn a part of the assertion.
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DCI Refuses to Investigate Disappearance of Activist Mwabili Mwagodi
Besides the DCI, Hussein Khalid said that he had additionally reported the matter to the police and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, Hussein had issued a separate assertion claiming that the Tanzanian authorities is conscious of Mwabili Mwagodi’s whereabouts and that his abduction was allegedly coordinated together with Kenyan authorities.
“We know that Mwabili Mwagodi is being held by @SuluhuSamia’s authorities with the blessings of Kenya’s authorities. East Africa is quick changing into a area of tyranny and oppression. Let it’s clear that we maintain each Tanzania’s and Kenya’s governments accountable for Mwabili’s abduction,” Hussein said.
The improvement comes amid mounting stress on safety companies and the Ministry of Foreign affairs relating to the whereabouts of Mwabili.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has additionally issued a press release condemning Mwabili’s abduction.
In a press release, KHRC condemned the disappearance of the activist, noting that “this sample of repression, enabled by cross-border collusion, is a grave violation of native, regional, and worldwide human rights regulation.”
KHRC Condemns the Activist’s Alleged Abduction
Additionally, the Commission issued the next calls for to the Kenya and Tanzania governments:
1. Immediate and unconditional launch of Mwagodi from illegal detention.
2. In the interim, full disclosure by the Tanzanian and Kenyan regimes on Mwagodi’s actual whereabouts, bodily and psychological situation, and quick entry to his household and authorized counsel.
3. An finish to Kenya’s complicity in cross-border abductions, torture, and enforced disappearances.
4. Independent investigations into the threats made in opposition to Mwagodi’s household by Kenyan safety companies.
5. Regional and worldwide accountability for Kenya and Tanzania’s repressive actions.
The enchantment to the DCI got here only a day after Mwabili’s household made an emotional plea to the general public and authorities, following stories that he had been kidnapped underneath unclear circumstances in Tanzania.
Speaking to the press, BBC journalist Isabella Kituri, who’s Mwabili’s sister, referred to as for justice and demanded to know her brother’s whereabouts.
Mwabili, a famend activist, reportedly went lacking on the night of Wednesday, July 24, 2025. The household realized of his disappearance round 5 p.m., knowledgeable by people involved about his security.
According to Isabella, those that raised the alarm believed Mwabili’s current social media exercise and civic engagement could have been elements behind his abduction.
“They instructed us he’s lacking and they’re involved. They had already reported the matter and obtained an OB quantity,” Isabella stated throughout a press briefing.
Following the report, the household started reaching out to pals, colleagues, and organisations for assist in finding him. Civil society group Vocal Africa joined the hassle to boost consciousness and push for accountability.
Isabella said that their purpose is to make sure that whoever is holding him is aware of that the matter is now public, and that that accountable will likely be held to account.
She defended her brother’s actions, asserting that he was solely fulfilling his civic obligation as a law-abiding Kenyan citizen.
She additionally urged the Kenyan authorities to behave swiftly and interact the suitable authorized channels to resolve the problem.
Mwabili rose to nationwide prominence through the Gen Z 2024 protests, the place he grew to become recognized for campaigns aimed toward deplatforming politicians together with President William Ruto from the pulpit, advocating for the separation of politics and spiritual areas.
