How missing Kiamaiko trader Zizo was abducted by armed men in police uniform

Court listens to  Abdiaziz Duba Molu abduction case. [File, Standard]

The search for missing Kiamaiko resident Abdiaziz Duba Molu, alias Zizo, took an emotional turn on Wednesday after his brother, Ramadhan Molu, broke down before the Milimani High Court while recounting the events leading to his alleged abduction by armed men believed to be security officers.

Fighting back tears, Ramadhan pleaded with Justice Alexander Muteti to help the family find his brother dead or alive, saying they have endured weeks of anguish without any information about his whereabouts.

"I ask the court, at least the court is governed by the Constitution, and I want the court to help me get my brother back. I understand even the judge is a parent and understands the pain we are going through as a family," he told the court.

Testifying in support of a habeas corpus application, Ramadhan adopted his June 29 chamber summons and supporting affidavit, telling the court that he last spoke to his brother at around 5 p.m. on June 23, 2026.

"He was to buy a plot at Juja Farm. He had gone for the fencing of the plot and that is what he told me at that time. He was together with the owner of the plot and the witnesses who signed the land sale agreement," he testified.

Ramadhan declined to identify the land owner and the witnesses, saying they fear for their lives following the incident.

He told the court that at around 8 p.m., the land witnesses who had accompany him informed him that the vehicle they were travelling in was intercepted near the Juja Farm railway crossing by a white Toyota Hilux double-cabin pick-up and a black Toyota Fielder.

"They were unable to get the full registration numbers because they were ordered to lie down. They only saw the Hilux registration beginning with KDP," he said.

According to Ramadhan, the witnesses told him five armed men, some dressed in police uniform and others in civilian clothes wearing jungle green balaclavas, emerged from the vehicles.

"They suspected the five men were police officers because they were in uniform. They had AK-47 and G3 rifles," he testified.

He further told the court that one of the witnesses attempted to raise his head during the ordeal but was struck and ordered to remain face down.

"The men then asked who Abdiaziz was. My brother raised his hand and said it was him, and they took him away," Ramadhan said.

He told the court that he rushed the injured brothers' land witness to hospital before reporting the incident at Juja Police Station and later Juja Farm Police Station, where he recorded a statement.

"I have never been told what happened. They only told me they would call," he said.

The habeas corpus application seeks orders compelling Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, the Kiambu County Criminal Investigations Officer and the Juja Sub-County Criminal Investigations Officer to produce Abdiaziz before court or explain his whereabouts.

The matter is continuing before Justice Muteti.