One of the missing Indians, who were part of President William Ruto's communications team, did not raise an alarm on any life threats nor confide in his wife about any impending danger.
Speaking on Friday, October 28, Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai's wife revealed that she had a short phone call conversation with her husband on the fateful day, and the two discussed a wide range of issues.
The duo spoke for a few minutes to midnight, and the Indian assured his wife that he was winding up before returning home.
"They had stepped out of a Nairobi hotel where they were staying and headed to a bar at 10:45 pm on July 22, 2022," she recalled.
Her husband was accompanied by Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, and a taxi driver well-known to all of them.
However, Kidwai's wife was concerned after the IT expert failed to return home and further his phone was switched off.
On the following day, she went to the bar where the two had spent the better part of the night and sought CCTV footage, which showed that they left the premises a few minutes before 1 am.
After reviewing the CCTV footage, she positively identified her husband, Zulfiqar, the taxi driver and the car they had used.
Kidwai's account was corroborated by an earlier statement made by digital strategist Dennis Itumbi who recalled trying to reach out to the two missing Indians but to no avail.
"Two days before they returned home, I learnt that they had lost their phones during a night out.
"I wanted to laugh at them, so I went to a place where we used to meet but learnt that they had not been seen there too," Itumbi stated.
Their disappearance compelled President Ruto to disband the Special Service Unit (SSU) drawn from the office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI).
Nine officers from the unit were apprehended and grilled in relation to the case.
On Thursday, October 27, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) requested the court's permission to examine the cops' electronic devices.
The court was also requested to allow the police to extract the officers' DNA samples for analysis.
"DNA samples taken from the respondents will help in profiling and comparing with some recovered items believed to belong to the missing two Indian nationals," read the statement in part.
