The lawyer representing an American couple who had a three-year-old boy in their custody taken away by Kenyan authorities last month has been allowed to visit the child.
On Tuesday, Justice Ngenye Macharia has directed the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK) and police to allow the attorney to visit the minor to confirm he is alive and safe.
“Applicant’s counsel to be accompanied by police officers to the location tomorrow at 2 pm for purposes of confirming that the child is alive,” Justice Ngenye has directed.
The court has, however, warned the lawyer against disclosing where the boy named John Kiano is being held.
The orders have been issued following an application filed by the American couple – Matt Mazzoncini and his wife Daisy.
In their application, the two asked the judge to compel CWSK and police to produce Kiano in court.
The Mazzoncinis had named CWSK, the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General as respondents in the case.
The American couple accused the respondents of abducting the boy from their house in Westlands, Nairobi on April 5th.
They further claimed the respondents had refused to disclose the whereabouts of the minor.
In his response to the application, the Attorney-General confirmed the police took the minor and placed him under the care of CWSK.
He also said that investigations by the police had established that the child is not unwell as claimed by the Mazzoncinis.
The AG further noted that no medication was being administered to the boy.
The two were named as the boy’s legal guardians in a court directive dated April 2017.
Detectives who took the minor claimed the foreigners had fraudulently obtained the court order and were planning to travel with him to the US.
Further directions on the matter will be issued on Thursday.
Ni bora mtoto huyu alelewe…
Ni bora mtoto huyu alelewe katika nchi ya Kenya kuliko kupelekwa katika nchi ya Marekani. Hebu tazameni ubaguzi ambao kiongozi wa Marekani wa asili ya Kenya/Marekani (Rais Barack Obama) alivyofanyiwa na Wamarekani wa asili ya Yuropa:
https://youtu.be/Ly8wfEBAz60
Leave black kids in Kenya…
Leave black kids in Kenya alone. There are way too many black kids that need help in the US (Either dying, being killed or in jail- what the blacks have faced for 400 years). There has been too much suffering of blacks in the hands of whites over time. These include Slavery, Imperialism, Colonialism, Neo-colonialism, World order/disorder. Calling black people names by the west: Shit-hole by America; Chimpanzee by Britain; Monkeys by China. How are we expected to trust those who maimed, castrated, stole from our forefathers with our kids and our future.
This boy needs to be brought up in Kenya so he can avoid racism and discrimination. He needs to grow up in the correct environment with his fellow black Kenyan’s. Let this young man decide when he is of age (18 years or older) and able to deal with such.
Ndugu yangu @Anonymous UI: …
Ndugu yangu @Anonymous UI: Umesema kweli kabisa. Asante sana kwa maneno yako ya hekima (wisdom) na busara (good judgement).