The Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida-Kenya) has been roped into the disappearance of twin granddaughters of the late Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla.
A court sitting in Nairobi heard that the missing twins ran away from home and sought refuge at FIDA after converting from Islam.
The teenagers fled home due to a domestic dispute, according to a lawyer representing FIDA and who appeared before Justice Weldon Korir.
The lawyer told the court that the missing teens were not abducted as reported by their grandmother, who is also their primary custodian.
The lawyer revealed that the twins are now in the hands and care of FIDA.
One of the teenagers, according to the lawyer, is pregnant and is afraid of her family members' reaction should she return home.
According the FIDA legal representative, the two girls are traumatised and are afraid of meeting their family members.
“I confirm to the court that they are safe and secure wherever they are living, with their mother and younger sibling."
"For purposes of safety, the location remains undisclosed until the matter is fully determined. They have expressed trauma and may not feel safe to meet some family members face-to-face,” the lawyer told the court.
The twins, who appeared in a virtual court session, told Justice Korir that they felt safer at FIDA and requested to meet with their father only for mediation.
They requested the judge to facilitate the meeting and asked that it is conducted within the court premises for their safety and protection.
Further, the girls asked the court to inform their father to come alone maintaining that they will not have talks with any other member of the family.
“If we will meet our father, we request to meet him in court for our safety and protection and he should come alone,” they told the court.
