"I was not on duty," OCS Taalam denies involvement in Ojwang's death

Nairobi Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam was suspended over the murder of Albert Ojwang in custody. [Courtesy]

Chief Inspector Samson Taalam, Officer Commanding Central Police Station, and his junior officer, Constable James Mukhwana, have petitioned the court seeking an inquest into the death of teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang’, who died while in police custody.

In an urgent application filed before the Milimani High Court’s Constitutional and Human Rights Division, the two officers, through their lawyer Danstan Omari, are also asking the court to stop their ongoing investigation, detention, and planned prosecution over Ojwang’s death.