A Nairobi court has ordered the continued detention of an American national wanted in the United States over the alleged murder of a woman through a fentanyl overdose.
Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina of the Milimani Law Courts has granted an application by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) seeking to hold Hudeife Muhumed Mire, a U.S. citizen, for 21 days pending investigations and the commencement of formal extradition proceedings.
“It has been proved to me on oath that, for the purpose of investigations into the commission of the offence, it is necessary and desirable to detain the respondent at Gigiri Police Station to enable the investigating officer to expedite the extradition process and subsequent prosecution in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota,” Magistrate Onyina ruled
Mire, holder of U.S. Passport, was arrested on October 29, 2025, in the Ongata Rongai area of Kajiado County by detectives attached to the DCI’s Economic and Commercial Crimes Unit.
He was booked at Gigiri Police Station under OB No. 50/29/10/2025 at 8:00 p.m.
According to an affidavit sworn by Inspector of police Lazarus Njuguna, a police officer seconded to the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Mire is wanted in the United States pursuant to a warrant of arrest issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in Case No. 22-MJ-541(TNL) dated July 5, 2022.
“The respondent is being investigated for the offence of Third-Degree Murder in violation of Minnesota Statute 609.205(1), Manslaughter in the Second Degree under Minnesota Statute 609.195(b), and First-Degree Sale of Drugs in violation of Minnesota Statute 152.021.1(4), as well as Title 18, United States Code, Section 1073,” Njuguna stated
He further stated that Mire allegedly sold narcotics laced with deadly fentanyl that caused the death of a woman identified as Samantha Myers on April 16, 2022, in Minnesota.
“The suspect fled the State of Minnesota and travelled to Nairobi, Kenya, with intent to evade prosecution, thereby constituting an extraditable offence under Kenyan law,” Njuguna told the court.
The DCI informed the court that it had received a formal request from INTERPOL Washington and the U.S. Department of Justice through INTERPOL Nairobi for the fugitive’s provisional arrest pending extradition.
The officer explained that the request was in accordance with Section 4 of the Extradition (Contiguous and Foreign Countries) Act, Cap. 76, and Article 2(6) of the Constitution, which recognizes international treaties ratified by Kenya as part of domestic law.
Njuguna added that Mire posed a serious flight risk and could interfere with ongoing investigations or abscond if released.
“The respondent’s continued detention is necessary to prevent flight and ensure cooperation with U.S. authorities,” he said.
The magistrate ordered that Mire be held at Gigiri Police Station or any other police facility within Nairobi county convenient for mobile investigations.
The court directed the matter to be mentioned after 21 days for further directions on the extradition process.
Mire’s detention marks a rare high-profile extradition case involving cooperation between Kenyan and U.S. law enforcement agencies under mutual legal assistance frameworks.
