Albert Ojwang didn't commit suicide; he was killed by the State

Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Faith Odhiambo addresses the media on 8th June 2025, outside Central police station in Nairobi. LSK condemn the death of Albert Ojwang at Central police station. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Albert Ojwang is not just another name. He was a young man. A Kenyan. A son. A citizen. A content creator. Someone with dreams, loved ones, a future. But now, he is dead-killed while in the custody of those meant to protect him.

Ojwang was arrested by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Migori. He was hauled across the country to Nairobi, locked up at Central Police Station-and by morning, he was dead. Just like that. And with the same chilling familiarity we have seen far too often, the official response was as quick as it was insulting: "He injured himself." No investigation. No facts. Just the lazy deployment of a script that has been used to cover up countless other custodial deaths.