{"id":131805,"date":"2026-02-23T08:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dci-launches-murder-probe-during-a-rally-in-kakamega\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:02:51","slug":"dci-launches-murder-probe-during-a-rally-in-kakamega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dci-launches-murder-probe-during-a-rally-in-kakamega\/","title":{"rendered":"DCI\u00a0launches murder probe during a rally in Kakamega"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has released a detailed report regarding the death of George Olande Otobe during a political rally in Mbale Town, Vihiga County on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, DCI said the tragic mob injustice incident happened on February 21, 2026, at approximately 12:00 PM during a political rally held by a faction of ODM leaders in Kakamega County resulting in the death of George Otobe.<\/p>\n<p>According to the investigative body, Otobe allegedly stabbed a man identified as Hussein Hassan in the head following an altercation, provoking bystanders to retaliate against him.<\/p>\n<p>The DCI said that a postmortem examination conducted on Sunday revealed that Otobe died as a result of multiple severe head injuries consistent with mob violence.<\/p>\n<p>Following the examination, the body was transferred to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) Hospital Mortuary for preservation.<\/p>\n<p>The DCI reiterated that although citizens have the right of assembly, they can only exercise it peaceably and unarmed, as clearly provided in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations revealed that organisers of the Linda Mwananchi rally had armed their supporters, contrary to the constitutional requirement and principles of peaceful assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DCI firmly insists that organisers of all political rallies and public gatherings must ensure their supporters remain unarmed and conduct proceedings in a peaceful manner to prevent escalation into violence. Failure to uphold this obligation contributes to breaches of public order and endangers lives,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The DCI added, \u201cNo one is above the law, and the DCI remains committed to upholding justice, maintaining public safety, and protecting the rights of all Kenyans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/dci-launches-murder-probe-during-a-rally-in-kakamega\/\">DCI\u00a0launches murder probe during a rally in Kakamega<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has released a detailed report regarding the death of George Olande Otobe during a political rally in Mbale Town, Vihiga County on Saturday. In a statement, DCI said the tragic mob injustice incident happened on February 21, 2026, at approximately 12:00 PM during a political rally held by a [&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-131805","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\/131805","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=131805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}