By Andrew Kariuki
Kenyan authorities have initiated extradition proceedings against Hudeife Muhumed Mire, a naturalized American citizen wanted in the United States for murder and related offences, following his arrest at a rehabilitation centre in Ongata Rongai on 29 October 2025.
Mire was traced and detained by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations after the FBI alerted Kenyan authorities that he had fled Minnesota in June 2022 to evade prosecution for multiple felony charges.
Documents filed at the Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court show that the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a warrant for Mire’s arrest on 5 July 2022.
The warrant cites offences including murder in the third degree linked to the distribution of controlled substances, manslaughter in the second degree, culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk, drug trafficking, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
According to the FBI, Mire left Minnesota on 4 June 2022, travelled through Amsterdam and arrived in Nairobi with the assistance of Abdikarim Ali Hashi, who is not facing any law enforcement action.
The extradition request was transmitted to Kenya through diplomatic channels and formally received by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on 12 November 2025.
The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs confirmed that U.S. authorities were seeking Mire’s surrender to stand trial and that he had been arrested and held pending the arrival of the full extradition documents.
After reviewing the request and accompanying evidence, the DPP issued an Authority to Proceed, allowing the matter to be filed in court.
In the application before the court, the ODPP seeks to have the U.S. warrant endorsed for execution in Kenya and asks that Mire be surrendered to American authorities for trial.
Prosecution Counsel Fatma Shaban, in a sworn affidavit, states that the conditions under Kenya’s extradition laws have been fully met and that the warrant was lawfully issued by a competent U.S. court.
She further affirms that there is no legal barrier preventing Mire’s committal and return, noting that the offences listed in the request are punishable under both Kenyan and U.S. law.
Mire’s travel history, arrest warrant, photographs and related FBI correspondence were attached to the application, with the prosecution arguing that the threshold for extradition had been satisfied and that Kenya is obligated to act in line with its international commitments.
Mire was arrested after being located at a rehabilitation facility called Daylight 2 in Ongata Rongai and remains in custody.
The matter is scheduled to be mentioned on 9 November, when the court will issue further directions on the extradition proceedings.
