Newly released CCTV footage has cast a troubling shadow over the circumstances surrounding the death of blogger Albert Ojwang, revealing a shocking delay by police officers in securing urgent medical attention upon his arrival at Mbagathi Hospital.
The footage, obtained by a local television station on Saturday, June 14, 2025, captures the police vehicle arriving at the hospital precisely at 1:35 am.
Contrary to what would be expected in a medical emergency, the officers delayed for over twenty-four minutes before transferring Ojwang from the vehicle into the hospital.
Instead of immediately rushing him into the facility, the three officers, who had been seated at the front, initially stood outside the hospital without escorting Ojwang inside.
Minutes later, they entered the hospital unaccompanied, only to exit shortly after as one officer engaged in a prolonged telephone conversation.
This pattern recurred as the officers re-entered and exited the hospital multiple times over, approximately ten minutes, finally returning with a hospital bed.
Yet, rather than hastening the process, it took them an additional ten minutes to request assistance from a hospital security guard, who then aided them in wheeling Ojwang into the Intensive Care Unit.
The footage shows the officers remaining in the ICU for 10 minutes before emerging with Ojwang’s body.
It was then confirmed that he had arrived deceased. The body was promptly loaded into the police vehicle, which departed at exactly 2:15 am.
These revelations substantiate the hospital’s official statement, which contradicted earlier reports by police that Ojwang had been admitted alive. Furthermore, the footage undermines police claims that Ojwang was brought to the hospital at 1:39 am on the night of June 8, 2025, establishing the vehicle’s arrival four minutes earlier at 1:35 am.
Mbagathi hospital statement
The footage emerges merely a day after Mbagathi Hospital issued its official statement, which starkly diverged from the earlier assertions made by police regarding the circumstances surrounding Albert Ojwang’s demise.
According to the hospital’s report, Ojwang’s lifeless body was admitted at precisely midnight on Sunday, well after he had ceased to be alive, contradicting police claims that he had been urgently rushed for medical attention.
The detailed medical account painted a grim picture of the injuries inflicted on Ojwang.
It noted that his visage was visibly swollen, while his torso and limbs bore numerous substantial bruises, reflecting the severity of the violence he suffered.
“The medical officer on call assessed the male and confirmed it to be a corpse brought in dead. Patient brought in dead, notification of death form filled and police advised to go to KNH police station and City Mortuary thereafter,” the report read.
The report also revealed that attending nurses had described an unrelenting flow of blood from the rear of his head, mouth, and eyes.
It added that they also saw a pronounced wound in the parieto-occipital region, supporting the conclusion that the injuries were caused by a violent assault rather than self-harm.
“The face was swollen, and the body showed multiple bruises,” the hospital statement noted.
Inspector General Douglas Kanja had stated that Ojwang was brought to the hospital at 1:39 am for emergency care; however, the hospital’s official log records the arrival time as 2:00 am, raising serious doubts over the official narrative.
