The High Court Wednesday ordered the government to respond to a petition filed by the family of Administration Police officer Benedict Kabiru Kuria, who went missing while serving in Haiti under the United Nations-sanctioned multinational security mission.
Justice Chacha Mwita on Wednesday gave the petitioners seven days to file and serve a supplementary affidavit, after which the respondents including the Attorney General, the Inspector General of Police, the Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior, and the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs will have seven days to reply.
The matter will be mentioned virtually on October 8, 2025 at 11 a.m.
Through their lawyer, the petitioners said they want the State compelled to issue a written statement clarifying whether Officer Kuria is dead or alive.
They argued that the government has failed to give them truthful information despite President William Ruto, in a September 22, 2025 statement to the United Nations Secretary-General, acknowledging that a Kenyan officer had lost his life in Haiti.
The family said they were first informed on March 26, 2025 that Kuria was “missing in action,” but the same day, Haiti’s Presidential Council announced that the officer had “made the ultimate sacrifice,” suggesting he had died in the line of duty.
The family claims the continued silence and contradictions by Kenyan authorities have subjected them to anguish and psychological torture.
“The refusal of the Respondents to share information has caused the Petitioners untold anxiety, mental and psychological torture and Anguish,” read the court documents.
According to the family’s representative Mbuthia, the authorities are “withholding the truth from his wife and children” despite clear indications that the officer is dead.
The Attorney General told the court it was still seeking instructions regarding the President’s statement before filing its response.
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