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Brian Odhiambo's case in limbo as mother mounts pressure on DCI, ODPP

Brian Odhiambo's mother Elizabeth Auma outside the Rift Valley DCI headquarters where she had gone to check on the progress of her son's case ,on February 11,2025.

Photo credit: PURITY KINUTHIA/MTAA WANGU

By  PURITY KINUTHIA

Correspondent

Mtaa Wangu

Nearly a month after the disappearance of Brian Odhiambo, no information has surfaced regarding his whereabouts.

In a phone interview with Nakuru East Sub-County Criminal Investigation Officer Samuel Ngeiywa, he notes that the police are still awaiting directives from the ODPP.

Samuel says he stands by the recommendations he made in court on January 30, 2025, to have the six Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers implicated in Brian’s disappearance, charged with abduction with intent to murder.

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According to him, the six KWS officers from the park, namely Senior Sergeant Francis Wachira Gachoki, Alex Lorogoi, Ranger Evans Kimaiyo, Ranger Driver Abdulrahman Ali Sudi, Ranger Isaac Ochieng’, and Michael Wabukala, were the ones last seen in contact with Brian before he went missing.

“I have made my recommendations. We are waiting to see if the ODPP, will approve the charge of abduction with intent to murder and find the evidence sufficient,” he says.

Currently, protests concerning Brian’s disappearance have slowed down in Nakuru. However, his mother, Elizabeth Auma, has not lost hope of finding her son.

Instead, she has decided to team up with other women to continue peaceful marches within the city in an effort to gather information about his whereabouts.

On February 13, 2024, Auma alongside other women, marched to the Rift Valley DCI Headquarters to demand an update on Brian's case.

There, they met with the investigating officers handling the case, who informed her that her son’s case file has been forwarded to the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and that they were waiting on the response on the way forward.

Auma tells Mtaa Wangu that as a mother, she cannot give up on the search for her son until the day they are reunited or she is able to give him a proper send-off.

“This case has pushed me beyond my limits. At times, I think of taking my own life because of the frustration and pain of losing my child. I appeal to women leaders in the county to support and help me fast track the search for my son. My question now is, how long will it take the ODPP to return the file for the suspects to be charged in court,” she posed.