{"id":116616,"date":"2025-06-16T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/central-police-station-ocs-talaam-mukhwana-seek-to-halt-prosecution-over-ojwangs-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:03:46","slug":"central-police-station-ocs-talaam-mukhwana-seek-to-halt-prosecution-over-ojwangs-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/central-police-station-ocs-talaam-mukhwana-seek-to-halt-prosecution-over-ojwangs-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Police Station OCS Talaam, Mukhwana seek to halt prosecution over Ojwang\u2019s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 16 \u2013 Central Police Station Officer Commanding Station Samson Talaam and Police Constable James Mukhwana are seeking to halt their prosecution over the murder of influencer Albert Ojwang while in custody<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the petition, the two describe their arrest as premature and procedurally flawed and assert that an inquest should have been conducted before any criminal proceedings were instituted.<\/p>\n<p>They contend that under Sections 385 to 388 of the Criminal Procedure Code, deaths occurring in police custody warrant an inquest to ascertain the cause before initiating arrests.<\/p>\n<p>They stated that bypassing the process undermines due legal procedure and could impede the pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Talaam further pointed out that he was off duty when Ojwang was detained, having delegated responsibilities to his deputy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He also claimed that his arrest was conducted improperly, stating he was booked by a civilian IPOA officer at Lang\u2019ata Police Station, contrary to legal requirements that only serving police officers perform such duties.<\/p>\n<p>Mukhwana, who was the cell sentry on the night of Ojwang\u2019s detention, is currently being held at Capitol Hill Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>IPOA has requested a 21-day detention to facilitate comprehensive investigations, citing concerns over potential witness interference.<\/p>\n<p>Mukhwana\u2019s legal team opposed this, highlighting his voluntary cooperation with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Both officers were to be arraigned on Monday over Ojwang\u2019s murder<\/p>\n<p>The case has drawn significant public attention, with widespread calls for accountability and transparency in the investigation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 16 \u2013 Central Police Station Officer Commanding Station Samson Talaam and Police Constable James Mukhwana are seeking to halt their prosecution over the murder of influencer Albert Ojwang while in custody In the petition, the two describe their arrest as premature and procedurally flawed and assert that an inquest should have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}