Family of missing Wajir Huduma Centre boss ordered to serve court papers - Citizen Digital

Hussein Abdirahman's family addresses the press alongside lawyer Danstan Omari. PHOTO | DZUYA WALTER | CITIZEN DIGITAL

The High Court has ordered the family of missing Wajir Huduma Centre boss and Assistant County Commissioner Hussein Abdirahman Mohamed to serve court papers immediately on respondents named in the case.

The matter came up for directions on Tuesday before Justice Chacha Mwita, who directed that the pleadings be served without delay, with further directions scheduled for July 17, 2025.

Hussein is alleged to have been last seen on July 8 during an official event attended by the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service in Wajir.

His distressed family, represented by lawyer Danstan Omari, filed an urgent habeas corpus application before the High Court, seeking to compel the police and state agencies to produce Husein, dead or alive, or at the very least disclose his whereabouts.

“This is a man who dedicated his life to public service. He had no known enemies, no personal disputes. Yet, he disappears after attending a state event,” the petition reads in part.

The family had reported his disappearance to Sojir Police Station in Wajir, but more than a week later, no leads or progress have been communicated, deepening the family’s fears.

Omari argues that Hussein may have been abducted by state agents and is being held incommunicado, in violation of his fundamental rights under the Constitution. He urged the court to enforce constitutional protections against enforced disappearances.

The family wants the court to compel the state to produce Hussein by July 14, failing which the government must give a full and satisfactory account of his fate and current location.