The body of a 24-year-old activist who went missing in November 2024 was found at Thika Level Five Hospital mortuary.
This was more than a month after he went missing in unclear circumstances.
Police and morgue officials said the death was as a result of hit and run.
Mwiti was last seen in Nairobi city centre before he disappeared, prompting a search by his family.
His friends resorted to social media platforms seeking help to locate him.
The family filed a missing person report at Kamukunji Police Station on November 15, 2024, under OB number 80A/13/11/24, they said.
Their search ended in pain after identifying his body at a mortuary in Thika on January 2, 2025.
Mwiti earned a living as a delivery man some 45 kilometres away from where he was last seen.
The circumstances around Mwiti's death remain unclear.
His mother, Sadhiya Iman said they had looked for Mwiti almost everywhere before making the painful decision to visit morgues in Nairobi and its environs, a move that eventually landed them at Thika Level Five Mortuary.
"We were informed that his case was a hit-and-run incident. We know nothing else about his death,” she said.
“We want to know the circumstances surrounding my son's death.”
She also revealed that prior to his death, Mwiti had lost his ID card and had experienced a lot of trouble securing a replacement.
This made his life unbearable because he would be asked to identify himself whenever he needed a government service or was stopped by police.
His friends said they do not believe it was a hit-and-run. Police are yet to issue a statement on Mwiti's case.
Over the past six months, cases of abductions and enforced disappearances have become common as parents living in fear of their youth disappearing without a trace.
According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, there have been at least 82 cases of abductions since June 2024, the period when youths took to the streets to protest against the Finance Bill.
In the last three months of 2024, at least 13 cases of abductions were recorded with December alone accounting for seven, the Commission said.
The Director of Public Prosecutions Mulele Ingonga directed the police to inform him on status of investigations into claims of abductions and forced disappearances by January 1, 2025.
He said he is concerned with reports of abductions and forced disappearances in the country hence need for the probe.
He said he is cognisant of the state's obligation to protect and preserve the right to life and the freedom and security of the person as provided for under Articles 26 and 29 among other provisions of the Constitution of Kenya.
He directed the Inspector General of police Douglas Kanja and Independent Policing Oversight Authority to probe the matter within three days and forward the probe file to his office for action.
“While I have also noted the Press Statements released by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) on 25th December indicating investigations into the various abduction incidents, and the clarification by the Inspector General of the National Police Service (NPS) on December 24 on the alleged cases of abductions by the NPS in which both institutions separately gave an undertaking to investigate the incidents, noting the gravity of the allegations, and the immense public interest that the same has drawn, I have, pursuant to Article lr57 (4) of the Constitution, directed both the Inspector General of Police and the IPOA to expedite the investigations touching on reported abductions and alleged forced disappearance of citizens, and forward the resultant files for perusal and action, and/or provide an update on the investigations, within 3 days from the date hereof,” he said.
He cited the cases of Steve Mbisi, Billy Mwangi, Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Rony Kiplang’at and recently cartoonist Gideon Kibet alias Kibet Bull.
