Acting Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli has been ordered to appear in court on Thursday at 10:00 am.
This is after an order requiring security agencies to produce three missing persons was not complied with.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi opted to give the IG a chance to explain himself before spelling out its consequences.
"The IG shall attend court on Thursday to purge the contempt before further proceedings," said the Judge.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi had on August 28 directed the Inspector General of Police, DPP, AG, DCI and National Intelligence Service to immediately disclose the whereabouts of Bob Micheni, Jamil Longton and Aslam Longton to the Law Society of Kenya which has filed the case in court.
This order has however not been complied with.
LSK filed the case stating that several reports have been made that the three were abducted by armed police officers, taken away and held incommunicado at undisclosed locations.
According to the court documents, the three through their social media platforms sensitized the youth to come out in large numbers and to advocate for the rejection of the finance bill in totality.
They also allegedly asked Kenyans to actively participate in the countrywide protests agitating for change in the country.
"It was then that the respondents through armed police officers started abducting them," LSK claimed.
LSK says Bob was abducted on 19th August 2024 at around 10:40 pm by masked men on his way home from a matatu commonly known as the Rembo shuttle in the Kasina area.
The other two were abducted on August 19, 2024, at around 2:00 pm while leaving their house at Kitengela.
They were allegedly bundled into a white Subaru that drove off to an unknown destination and are yet to be released to date.
"None of these persons has been charged with any known offence before any court of law in Kenya," says LSK.
