Missing Security Analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe’s mother has emotionally testified in court over the disappearance of her son more than four years ago.

Jane Gatwiri M’ithinji told Justice Martin Muya that her son was abducted on 12th June 2021 in Roysambu, Nairobi while travelling to Meru County.

“At the time, he was driving a vehicle belonging to his friend, Edward Mwangi Macharia,” the mother testified.

According to M’ithinji, her son had reported that his life was in danger and had made a report at Central Police Station.

The witness told the court that Mbijiwe had previously faced threats from politicians during his 2017 Meru gubernatorial campaign.

She added that she last saw her son around May 2021 and learned of his alleged abduction on 12th June 2021 through his friend Macharia.

It was her testimony that her son may have been in State custody but that authorities have never given the family any information about his whereabouts.

“No government agency has ever formally contacted me regarding investigations into my son’s disappearance,” the tearful mother stated.

The court heard that when the family went to Kasarani Police Station to follow up the matter, they were allegedly informed that the file had been “closed by higher authority”.

M’ithinji questioned how authorities could investigate Mbijiwe’s financial accounts while at the same time denying knowledge of his whereabouts.

It is alleged that at one point she met a senior investigations official who allegedly indicated that the file contained a lot of information and that what happened to her son could be confirmed if the matter was brought fully before court.

She also added that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had at one point stated that Mbijiwe was being held by some “untouchable people.”

The family allegedly tried to follow-up on the same at his office, but the matter did not progress after subsequent political events.

In the case, Mbijiwe’s family wants the court to compel the Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the National Police Service (NPS) to produce Mbijiwe in court dead or alive or release him if he is being held unlawfully.