By: Alice Mota (Grade 2)

Albert Ojwang was a 31-year-old Bachelor of Education graduate, a passionate Manchester United football fan, who had taught religious studies, history, and rugby at the school in the south-eastern town of Mwatate and was a political digital influencer to get money for his newborn baby. He was another victim of police brutality in Kenya.

He was arrested on Saturday for an online post targeting Deputy Inspector General of Police, Elivd Lagat, who stepped aside last week pending the outcome of Ojwang’s death. His parents were concerned about the prison, but the police said that he was safe.

On Sunday morning they received the news that Albert Ojwang was dead from self-inflicted wounds. But he was full of blood, his head was swollen all over and he had a bruised torso and face. Besides, the autopsy confirmed that this wasn’t an accident, he died from assault wounds.

This isn’t the only case of suspicious deaths in police custody in Kenya. In 2024 it was Samuel Njugna, in 2023 Washington Booker Ojakwu, in 2013 Martin Kaome, and recently during a protest over Albert Ojwang’s death, Karinki was killed by two police men. The police violence in Kenya is huge, the citizens need justice, and the protests held to demand it.

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