Saboti constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi has issued a bold and symbolic message directed at the grieving father of Albert Ojwang, the teacher who was killed while in police custody at Central Police Station in Nairobi.
Taking to his official X account on the night of Thursday, July 3, 2025, Amisi urged Mzee Meshack Ojwang to confront the killer of his son using his phone before he buries him on Friday, July 4, 2025.
Drawing a chilling historical parallel, Amisi referenced the late revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, whose father, Mzee Sambo Joseph Sankara, is said to have once confronted Blaise Compaoré — the man widely believed to have orchestrated his son’s assassination.
According to Amisi, when Sankara’s father asked Compaoré, “Why did you kill my son?”, the former president became paralysed and fled the room.
He further argued that by now, Ojwang’s father knows his killers and that he should know the right person he is supposed to call before he lays his son to rest.
“Thomas Sankara’s father, Mzee Sambo Joseph Sankara, once called Blaise Campaore and asked him, ‘Why did you kill my son?’ Campaore got paralysed and left the room. Dear Edward Ojwang’s father, Tomorrow, before you bury your son, take your phone, and you know who to call and what to ask him! Kenya needs a renaissance,” Amisi wrote on X.
Protests
Ojwang’s body arrived in Homa Bay on Thursday, July 3, 2025, ahead of his burial on Friday.
However, a wave of fury swept through Homa Bay County, as angry residents set fire to Mawego Police Station, protesting the controversial death of the 31-year-old blogger and teacher while in police custody.
The incident marked a dramatic escalation in nationwide calls for police accountability and reform.
In a powerful and emotionally charged demonstration, hundreds of mourners and outraged residents marched through Homa Bay carrying Ojwang’s body to Mawego Police Station—the very place where he was held before being moved to Nairobi.
Call for justice
The crowd chanted slogans demanding justice, waved placards bearing Ojwang’s image, and accused police of a cover-up.
As emotions boiled over, a section of the protesters breached the station’s perimeter, setting parts of the building ablaze.
Smoke billowed into the sky as flames engulfed offices and records, with police forced to retreat in the face of the overwhelming crowd.
