Okiya Omtatah Files Lawsuit Calling for IG Kanja & Noordin Haji to Resign
Busia Senator and activist Okiya Omtatah on Monday, December 30, filed a case at the High Court seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to produce in court seven people abducted by individuals believed to be police officers.
Omtatah went to the courts as the clamour for positive government action on the recent spate of abductions in the country heats up and called for government agencies to come clean on the alleged enforced disappearances of Kenyans in recent weeks.
The seasoned activist filed the case as Kenyans in Nairobi, Mombasa and other towns in the country gathered to hold anti-abduction demonstrations.
Omtatah would later join protesters in the Nairobi CBD as Kenyans armed with placards slamming the Kenya Kwanza government took to the streets. Anti-riot officers were on hand in case of potential mayhem, with water cannons being detected around the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.
While speaking to members of the press after filing the case, Omtatah also accused the government of using intimidation to suppress its own citizens when called out for their inadequacies.
“The government is abducting its people in an attempt to intimidate them. So for them to try and pretend that they do not know what is happening is unacceptable,” Omtatah stated.
