The High Court has granted the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Senator Okiya Omtata 30 days to amend their petitions seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police and DCI to produce in court two missing persons alive or dead after allegedly being abducted by the police in last December

Justice Bahati Mwamuye gave the petitioners until May 19 to file fresh petitions regarding the disappearances of two individuals whose whereabouts remain unknown.

The court directive comes after LSK lawyer Abner Mango urged the court to allow them amend the petition to include fresh details regarding the mysterious disappearances of Kevin Muthoni and Stephen Kavingo and six others who have since been set free.

Mango told the judge that they are also seeking to file a formal application seeking to compel the government to conduct DNA on 14 bodies lying at the city mortuary to establish whether the two missing persons are among them. Mango said the DNA tests will help the court determine the whereabouts of Kavingo and Muthoni.

Lawyers Danstan Omari and Paul Nyamodi representing the IG and the CS are opposed to the application and urged the court to compel LSK to file a formal application requiring the government chemist to conduct a DNA test on the bodies and file a report in court.

However, Interior Cabinet Secretary Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen through lawyer Danstan Omari urged the court to give direction on his application seeking to be removed from the proceedings on grounds that he was not involved in the abductions. Omari said his client was wrongfully put in the case by the petitioners.

A similar application was made by the DPP who also sought to have his name removed from the proceedings, a request the judge declined.

While declining to remove both the CS and DPP the judge urged them to reconsider their decision to have their names struck out as serious allegations against them may be made during the proceedings and they may not have an opportunity to defend themselves.