OCS Talaam, 5 others to be charged with Albert Ojwang’s murder

Six suspects, including Nairobi Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam, are set to be charged on Tuesday morning with the murder of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has already preferred murder charges against Talaam and his co-accused; James Mukhwana, Peter Kimani, John Ngige Gitau, Gin Ammitou Abwao, and Brian Mwaniki Njue.

The six were on Monday arraigned at the Kibera Law Courts, but plea taking was deferred by Justice Diana Kavenza after two of the suspects appeared in court without legal representation.

Ojwang was arrested on June 7 in Homa Bay over alleged defamatory posts targeting Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat.

He was briefly held at Mawego Police Station before being transferred to Central Police Station in Nairobi later that night, where he allegedly died in custody.

A post-mortem conducted two days later attributed his death to a combination of head injuries from blunt force trauma, neck compression, and extensive bruising across his body.