- Constable James Mukhwana told IPOA that OCS Samson Talam ordered the prisoners to beat Albert Ojwang in detention
- Mukhwana claimed that Talam called him on June 7 and directed him to identify loyal prisoners to “deal” the suspect
- He said that Talam had given KSh2,000 to give them the inmates, referring to the publication as “an order from above.”
- The officer further claimed that Talam admitted to organizing the same attack when he was in Lang’ata without any action
A controversial incident about the death of blogger Albert Ojwang in detention has taken a horrible direction after a police officer linked his senior to the style of shooting the suspects.
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Constable James Mukhwana, in his testimony to the Independent Police Management Authority (IPOA), revealed what he called the deliberate and planned plan of the Central Police Station (OCS) commander, Samson Talam, to attack Ojwang through his fellow prisoners.
Mukhwana’s statement has now become a fundamental evidence in the ongoing IPOA investigation into the killings.
Who started the plan to beat Ojwang?
Most sadly, Mukhwana claimed that this was not the first time for Talam to plan such an attack.
According to a statement seen by TUKO.co.ke, Mukhwana described the incident in detail about what had happened on the evening of June 7, 2025 – the day Ojwang was brought to Rumande.
The evidence of the small officer indicates the flow of orders where illegal violence was not only allowed, but also paid and hidden.
The Constable, who joined the police service in 2018 and served Marsabit and Nairobi, remembered being called to the OCS office at 1:30 pm.
It was after Deputy OCS, Inspector Ng’ang’a, went to the report and told him that the boss had called him.
“I asked what I was wrong, but he didn’t answer me. I followed him to the OCS office, and as soon as we came in, he closed the door with locks,” Mukhwana explained.
Did Talam ever hit the suspect in the court?
After the door was closed, the conversation changed from normal to planning that now rocked the nation.
According to Mukhwana, the OCS started by asking how long he had served at the center, then mentioned that there was an order from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Eliud Langat.
Talam allegedly said that officials of DCI They were bringing the suspect (Ojwang) later that evening and demanded that Mukhwana know the faithful prisoners who could “deal with him.”
But what was even more surprising was the OCS statement himself about an old incident in which he ordered the prisoners to beat the suspect.
“I want you to go to the cells, know the inmate, tell them there is a job I want them to do. There is a suspect brought in, to deal with him a little.”
Then he added, “When I was in Lang’ata, there was a suspect I was dealing with him as well. I planned to be beaten, he was hurt, and I took him out without any trouble. ”
The OCS allegedly gave KSh 2,000 Mukhwana to give the prisoners a payment for the job, the money hidden as “orders from above.”
Understand Ojwang’s murder and an investigation of his death
Ojwang, a 31 -year -old blogger, was arrested for an online publication involving deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Kipkoech Langat.
He was detained at the Central Police Station in Nairobi on Saturday night, June 7, and was announced to die a few hours later.
Police previously claimed that Ojwang committed suicide as a cell.
However, the story was demolished after a corpse examination showed that he suffered severe injuries and stabbing in the neck, symptoms related to severe attacks.
Investigators noted that CCTV photos from the center were not wiped.
According to IPOA, Digital Video Recorder (DVR) records showed that the disks of the system were deleted and replaced for four minutes shortly after Ojwang’s death.
One technician was later arrested and admitted to being paid KSh 3,000 by officials to cancel security videos.
He admitted that he was called early in the morning and was instructed to delete video evidence that would indicate what happened to Ojwang as a cell.
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