The High Court has ordered the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to immediately release blogger and IT expert Ndiangui Kinyagia’s laptops and mobile phones.
This comes a month after it had ordered the release of his passports and international vaccination card.
In a ruling on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the court stated that it is illegal for the DCI to retain the property despite the expiry of the court-authorised period for its release, which was issued six months ago.
He added that the continued withholding of the blogger’s property nearly six months after the court ordered its release, without a fresh court order, constitutes an illegality the court cannot condone.
The court therefore directed the immediate release of the laptops and phones still held by the investigative body.
