Police ordered to produce Raila’s bodyguard Maurice Ogeta in any court

The High Court has ordered police to produce Maurice Ogeta, the bodyguard of opposition leader Raila Odinga, before any court in the country.

Justice L.N Mugambi issued the directive on Friday following a suit filed by Ogeta’s brother Christopher Onyango Ogettah and certified as urgent on Thursday.

“That, pending the hearing and determination of this application inter-parties, a writ of habeus corpus is hereby issued directing the 2nd Respondent to produce Maurice Ogeta before a court of competent jurisdiction in Nairobi or any other Court within the Republic of Kenya for an inquiry into the issue of his detention,” ruled the judge.

Justice Mugambi also directed that all responses in the case be filed within three days, as he set the date of mentioning for further direction on July 31, 2023.

Ogeta was reportedly accosted by unknown assailants suspected to be police officers on his way to work from home on Wednesday morning; he was allegedly flagged down, and then bundled in his car's boot.

The opposition Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Odinga as well as Ogeta’s family members have continued to demand for his release.

Ogeta is among individuals and leaders allied to the opposition chief who were this week nabbed in connection with the three-day anti-government protests which end on Friday.

The others are Embakasi East MP Babu Owino (who has since been released), Odinga’s spokesman Dennis Onyango, self-proclaimed ghetto president Calvin Okoth Otieno alias Gaucho, as well as two Budget Officers at the Nairobi County Assembly namely Erick Otieno and Anthony Otsula.