We demand answers on the death of a key witness in police custody

The alleged suicide of a man at the centre of an attempted murder case once again raises serious concern over the safety and security of suspects in police custody. It is unthinkable that a self-confessed key witness to such a case would tear his clothes apart, cut a section of them in strips, tie them into a rope and hang himself from a prison window.

It is even more absurd that in a country in which prisons are incorrigibly congested, no one would dare stop him from taking his own life. Even more bizarre is the fact that the police, whose desks are stationed not far from the cells, would hear no commotion of this.
We cannot purport to be at the forefront of a new Kenya with regard to fighting impunity and various other crimes while such blatant disregard to law are perpetrated under the noses of the security agencies.