A High Court of Kenyan said on Wednesday that the two South Sudanese nationals who went missing from Nairobi last month are not in the custody of Kenya government and its security agents.
Human rights lawyer Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri Ezibon, both senior members of South Sudan’s armed opposition group led by Riek Machar, went missing from the Kenyan capital in January.
After the two men disappeared, their families and lawyers went to the court to produce them.
In his final ruling, high court Judge Luka Kimaru ruled that there was no cogent evidence to support the allegation that Dong Samuel and Aggrey Idri are being held by Kenyan authorities.
“The government of Kenya, on the face of it has nothing to gain from the applicants’ disappearance, Judge Luka Kimaru ruled.
The court pointed out that the Kenyan police complied with orders issued by the court in regard to the investigations of the disappearance of the two South Sudanese officials.
According to the court, the applicants’ disappearance may be connected with the fluid political situation in South Sudan particularly in relation to the South Sudan current political differences between the leading political players.
The high court judge directed the police to investigate the matter thoroughly.”The applicants’ disappearance can only be as a result of a criminal act of abduction by persons for the time being unknown which the police should investigate,” Judge Luka said.
Photo: South Sudanese citizens in the courtroom in Nairobi in January/Facebook