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A chilling twist has emerged in the controversial death of Albert Ojwang while in police custody — CCTV footage from the Officer Commanding Station’s (OCS) office was deliberately tampered with, raising serious questions about a possible cover-up.
This bombshell was dropped in Parliament on Wednesday, June 11, by Ann Wanjiku, the Deputy Chairperson of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), during a tense Senate grilling session. Her revelations stunned lawmakers and sent ripples through Kenya’s justice system.
“We discovered interference with the CCTV systems at the OCS’s office,” Wanjiku revealed, hinting at deliberate sabotage.
Ojwang’s death has gripped the nation since IPOA admitted they only learned about it through the media and a police signal from Inspector General Douglas Kanja — not through official channels, as expected.
The shocking chain of events began on June 7, when Ojwang was arrested around 2:30 PM at Lida Center in Homa Bay County by a group of officers that included two sergeants and three chiefs. He was later transferred to Mawego Police Station, then booked into Central Police Station in Nairobi at 9:31 PM. Hours later, he was dead.
What happened in between remains shrouded in mystery — and now, even the CCTV trail meant to hold the truth appears to have been sabotaged.
The Senate reacted with fury.
“You can’t tell us you don’t know who tampered with the CCTV — that’s a serious red flag,” thundered Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua, slamming the police for what he called deliberate obfuscation.
Senators also demanded answers on why there’s no backup footage in such a high-security facility, and what happened to the five arresting officers after their statements were taken.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, also present, faced tough questioning over his silence on the matter. He defended himself by citing constitutional restrictions under Article 245(4), claiming he cannot interfere with police investigations.
But that did little to calm lawmakers or Kenyans demanding justice.
As outrage grows, the country is watching closely. The question now echoing through the halls of power and across Kenya is simple — who is hiding what?
