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Is IPOA shielding senior police in Albert Ojwang's death?

Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) CEO and Director Elema Halake, SS during an interview at their Headquarters office in Nairobi on December 1st, 2022. [File, Standard]

Serious questions are being raised about the role of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa) in investigating the alleged custodial killing of Albert Ojwang', a 31-year-old teacher and blogger, who died while in police custody.

The authority has so far overseen the arrest of three individuals: Officer Commanding Central Police Station Samson Talam, Police Constable Juma Mukhwana, and Kelvin Mutisya, a CCTV technician.

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