Nairobi Central Officer Commanding Station (OCS), Samson Talaam’s lawyers have told the court that they have been receiving text messages from his phone number asking for money.
Appearing before Milimani Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, the lawyers led by Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta informed the court that Ombeta and some other family members got messages from Talaam’s number asking for money.
They also told the court that they had reported the matter at Lang’ata police station and called for an expedited investigation on the same.
Further,they urged the court to summon the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Senior Assistant Director of Investigations in charge of the matter to shed light on their claim.
“What we pray, your honour, apart from the summons, is expedited investigations so as to protect the integrity of the investigations,” OCS Talaam’s lawyers told the court.
In response, state prosecutor Victor Owiti said that the allegations are serious and that they were not ready to deny or confirm them at that time, stating there was a need for investigations to be done on the same.
However, prosecutor Owiti confirmed that Talaam’s phone was taken from him for the purpose of investigations, and it is in safe custody.
“As we speak now, we believe and we have no reason to doubt that the phone and any other exhibit in relation to this matter has been properly kept in safe custody,” prosecutor Owiti told the court.
He also informed the court that they had quickly texted Officer Jibril, informing him of the raised concern, who responded, stating that no one has the phone; it is switched off and in the lab.
Lawyer Owiti told the court that it beats logic that a senior investigator at the level of Jibril will request for Ksh80,000 using the same phone of the respondent (OCS Talaam) and more so from his lawyers.
“What I am saying, your honour, without doubting my colleagues and without doubting the IPOA, it is that it will beat common sense for whoever it is to take on such a public interest matter, the phone of a respondent (Talaam) in the level of OCS, and request his counsel, among many others, to ask for Ksh80,000,” lawyer Owiti told court.
He assured the lawyers that investigations on the same will commence immediately.
Magistrate Ekhubi ordered Jibril to appear before the court on Friday, June 20, 2025, to shed light on the same.
