NAIROBI, Kenya, June 18 \u2013 Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang\u2019ula has directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to appear before the House next Wednesday to respond to concerns raised by Members of Parliament on the controversial murder of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang\u2019.<\/p>\n
The Speaker\u2019s directive came after members expressed dissatisfaction with the report tabled by the National Assembly\u2019s National Security and Internal Administration Committee chairman, Gabriel Tongoyo, following a statement raised by Kabondo Kasipul MP Eve Obara.<\/p>\n
Tongoyo tabled the report with findings presented by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), and the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Director of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Amin.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Wetang\u2019ula noted that while the House is mindful of the sub judice rule due to ongoing investigations, it remains obligated to address issues that touch on public interest and the constitutional conduct of the National Police Service (NPS).<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what I have heard, and from what the chairman of the Committee read to us\u2026, I direct that the Interior CS appears before this House on Wednesday afternoon, so that he can be interrogated by the House on matters touching on the death of Ojwang\u2019,\u201d ruled the Speaker.<\/p>\n
Obara expressing dissatisfaction with the answers provided frustration with IPOA\u2019s handling of the matter and called for deeper scrutiny into what they termed a growing culture of police impunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Speaker, on the specific questions that were asked, I\u2019m yet to be satisfied. Why was Albert transferred from Homa Bay to Nairobi? Was this legal? This has not been clearly answered,\u201d said Obara.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we saw yesterday, immediately after Mr. Ojwang\u2019s case, shows the gravity of the situation has not sunk in. The public outcry seems to have fallen on deaf ears within the police force. If it had been taken seriously, what we witnessed yesterday would not have happened,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji criticized the IPOA statement as inadequate, suggesting that the agency\u2019s account appeared to conceal critical details. He urged the Tongoyo led committee to go beyond IPOA\u2019s position and consider establishing a commission of inquiry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a need for the National Assembly to go beyond the issue of getting a statement from IPOA and actually form a commission of inquiry to know what exactly transpired one that is independent and involves everyone mentioned,\u201d said Mukunji.<\/p>\n
Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo delivered a scathing attack on IPOA, accusing it of failing its oversight mandate and compromising its independence by collaborating too closely with police in the investigation pushing for an ad-hoc committee to investigation circumstances on Ojwang\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue of Ojwang\u2019 demonstrates monumental impunity and disregard for the Constitution and the law. When seen together with what happened yesterday, it signals total anarchy and the danger of us sliding into a banana republic if we are not already there,\u201d Amollo warned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been failed by IPOA\u2026. IPOA cannot tell us they are prosecuting people for murder when the central suspect has not written a statement to date. How do you determine who to charge if you\u2019ve not even interviewed Eliud Lagat? IPOA has failed us and must be called to order,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Ojwang, a Migori resident , was arrested on June 7, 2025, by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) following a complaint by Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat regarding a social media post.<\/p>\n
The social media influencer and teacher was later transferred to Central Police Station in Nairobi. He was pronounced dead the following day at Mbagathi Hospital, with his body showing signs of extensive trauma.<\/p>\n
Post-mortem results revealed that Ojwang died of blunt force trauma to the head, neck compression, and multiple subcutaneous bruises, discrediting earlier police claims that he died by repeatedly hitting himself against a cell wall.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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