Peter Mwangi Kigotho a businessman from Kayole in Nairobi disappeared on 16/10/07. According to his girlfriend, Peter left the house in Kayole at about 9.00 am to go to town and get some money from the tout to a Nissan Matatu which the petitioner owns. Peter is said to have alighted at Temple Road and took Ksh.300 from the said tout.
The girlfriend tried reaching Peter thereafter but his mobile phone (0735099911) was switched off.
She continued calling the cell phone and on Wednesday, 17/10/07, the phone was picked by a man stating that he was in Kitale and that the owner of the phone was not around. The phone was again picked by a man claiming to be a policeman
and that he was based at Buruburu police station. The phone was then switched off. The petitioner has visited different police stations, hospitals and mortuaries in Nairobi, Kitale, Eldoret and Naivasha in vain. Peter was said to be in the business of second-hand clothes and was trading from Gikomba market. He was last seen in black trousers, black shirt with cream stripes, and a green checked blazer. His shoes were black in colour with a ‘CAT’ Label. He had a photocopy of his Identification Card. He was still missing at the time of compiling this report on 11/7/08.