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Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has strongly condemned the brutal death of Albert Ojwang the blogger, terming the act as inhuman and unacceptable. While addressing senators on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Murkomen described the violence meted on the young man as nothing short of torture. He was accompanied by top officials including the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) chief Mohamed Amin, and Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) vice chairperson. With visible emotion, Murkomen remarked, “If you saw how that young man was beaten, the person who did it was an animal,” emphasizing the urgency of bringing the culprits to justice.

Cs Murkomen distanced the tragedy from failures in policy or legal frameworks, asserting instead that the incident reflected a blatant disregard for the Constitution and human rights. “It is not the absence of legal frameworks or policy direction that led to the killing of Albert Ojwang. It is blatant disregard for the law and the constitution,” he noted. His remarks pointed to growing concerns about unchecked police brutality and the need for a cultural shift in law enforcement. The CS affirmed that those responsible must face the full force of justice to prevent a repeat of such tragedies.

Addressing concerns raised by senators about compensating Ojwang’s father, Meshack Ojwang, Murkomen agreed to that support for the grieving family was necessary to be done . He, however, urged for a collective response, suggesting that both the government and legislators should come together to help the bereaved family . “I agree that in one way or the other, we must support Albert’s family, and that those people found culpable will also be held to account,” he said. The plea highlighted the human cost of the incident and the importance of leadership solidarity in supporting victims of state abuse.

Murkomen’s address came a day after a team of five pathologists, led by government pathologist Dr. Bernard Midia, released the postmortem findings on Ojwang’s body. According to their report yesterday , the injuries sustained by the deceased were not consistent with self-inflicted harm, as initially claimed by the police. Dr. Midia noted that Ojwang suffered multiple bruises, internal bleeding, and hematomas on the scalp, face, and head. “When you combine all the injuries in the body, they are consistent with a struggle,” Midia stated, stressing that such trauma could only result from external assault.

Inspector General Kanja, who previously claimed that Ojwang died after hitting his head against a wall, admitted that his earlier statement was based on initial reports from the Central Police Station. However, in light of the postmortem findings, he acknowledged that the new evidence disproved the earlier narrative. “In the subsequent briefing that I did, that was rectified, and we can be able to clearly see that from the results of the postmortem,” Kanja told the senators. The contradiction between the police’s initial version and the medical report has deepened calls for an impartial investigation and heightened public scrutiny of police conduct.