We have been living a nightmare since Brian's disappearance

"In the middle of the night, when I am asleep and I hear someone at the door, I always wake up hoping that it is Brian who is at the door, only to realise that it was one of my neighbours knocking at their door." 

These were the words of Alvy Okello, the wife of Brian Odhiambo, who has now been missing for almost two weeks.

"Since Brian's disappearance, I have experienced mental anguish like never before, to say I have sleepless nights is an understatement. I am not mentally well," she laments.

With tears in her eyes, she explains how she has no answers when her two children ask her where dad is.

"On Tuesday, after the first court session, I left the house and told my two children that I would return home with their father, but that has not happened yet. I was hoping to get some answers about his whereabouts today, but that has not happened, so I am not really sure what to tell them today," she sobs.

The mother of two says her youngest child, who is two years old, is now sick from the stress of missing his father.

"I used to work in a clinic but since Brian went missing, I am not in the right frame of mind to go to work because honestly, I am not well. My life is at a standstill," she says.

Ms Alvy clings to the hope that Brian will be found, and whatever his condition, she is ready to accept fate.

"As a family, we pray for justice to prevail, but most of all we just want Brian, that will put our minds at rest," she says with watery eyes.

Elizabeth Auma, Brian Odhiambo's mother, was at a loss for words to explain what she was going through, and with every step she took, every look she cast, you could tell that this was a woman who felt the pain of missing her child.

She looked out at the large crowd in the courtroom, her eyes searching, perhaps hoping that her son would emerge from the crowd and give her a hug.

"Kama ni kuzunguka nimezunguka ya kutosha. Silali, sikuli. Please bring my son back to me. I am suffering and in pain. Bring him back so that I can bury him and live my life knowing that my son is dead and at peace," she says, crying profusely.

"I am a widow and I have five children, Brian is my first born and now he is gone, I am helpless, I have no sense of direction".

The presiding judge, Julius Nangea, said he would give his ruling on habeas corpus on 6 February.