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Ojwang's father wants Lagat on murder trial

Deputy Inspector General Kenya Police Service Eliud Lagat during briefing the press following Albert Omondi Ojwang's death in police custody at Central Police station, Nairobi. June 9, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The father of a teacher murdered at the Central Police Station, Nairobi, has urged the High Court to stop the murder trial until the Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat is also on the dock.

A case filed in August before Justice Bahati Mwamuye by a group of activists and lawyers is alleging a cover-up plot, claiming that Lagat was central to the murder of Albert Omondi Ojwang and must be tried. 

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