The MISSING Uhuru TOP Advisor- Albert Muriuki worked at the ICC in 2007

Nairobi, Kenya : Fresh details have emerged
about a senior State House official who
disappeared mysteriously, even as detectives
indicated investigations had hit a brick wall so
far.
According to documents in the The Standard’s
possession, Albert Muriuki worked for under two
months since he was officially appointed to work
at State House, before his shocking
disappearance on December 24 last year.
Mr Muriuki was part of the team advising
President Uhuru Kenyatta on legal and
constitutional affairs and he deputised former
Mandera Central MP Abdikadir Mohammed.
His appointment letter, dated November 6 last
year, was signed by State House Comptroller
Lawrence Lenayapa. “I am pleased to inform you
that you have been offered appointment in the
grade of Deputy Director, Constitutional and
Legislative Affairs, Job Group ‘R’ on the Local
Agreement terms of service for an initial period
of three years with effect from the date you
report on duty,” the letter reads in part.
Between
May and
July 2007,
Muriuki
worked as
an intern at
the
International Criminal Court (ICC)-Office of the
Presidency, before proceeding to Columbia
University.
His internship certificate was signed by the first
ICC President Philippe Kirsch and then Registrar
Bruno Cathala.
However, ICC Outreach Co-ordinator in Kenya
Maria Kamara said she did not know the man.
“It’s not possible to know all staff members and
interns,” she responded to our inquiries.
According to the police abstract at Central Police
Station, the disappearance was reported on
January 10,  many days after he went missing.
His mother, Dr Naomi Mutea, a senior lecturer at
Kimathi University in Nyeri, said she thought her
son would contact the family as he called a
colleague on December 30.
“We thought maybe he had just switched off his
phone and would get back to us because he was
to get back to work on January 8,” she said.
His mother said her son’s documents, including
ID Card, bank cards, telephone and laptop were
left on his bed in Westlands where he lived.
The Standard has also established that she wrote
to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) on January 24
requesting help to trace her son.
Sunday, top LSK officials admitted that they were
in receipt of the letter and turned the heat on the
police for taking “unreasonably long to unearth
the mysterious disappearance of a man that was
at the apex of the civil service.”
“We have been giving police time to unearth this
mystery, but they have taken unreasonably long,
which is unacceptable,” said LSK Chief Executive
Officer Apollo Mboya.
The CID
“This was a senior member of State House
personnel whose disappearance should cause
concern,” he added.
According to the LSK, they raised the matter
with Mohammed, who was his boss, and further
with Attorney General Githu Muigai.
“LSK did contact Abdikadir Mohammed, his boss
who confirmed that Albert has been missing but
said that the matter is with the CID who are
handling the issue,” Mr Mboya noted. According
to details from his mother, Muriuki allegedly
visited Kalee Cafe in Nairobi on December 30,
which is owned by his uncle, a day after his
mother sent a relative to check on Muriuki’s
residence at Kirinyaga Co-operative flats in
Westlands, where the security guards said they
last saw him on December24