The funeral for slain teacher and blogger Albert Omondi Ojwang' on Friday reignited calls for police reforms and justice for suspects who die in custody, intensifying scrutiny on Kenya's National Police Service (NPS).
Mourners gathered at Nyawango Primary School grounds in Homa Bay, demanding an end to police brutality, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, especially against critics of the government.
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga condemned the arrest of Ojwang' at his father's home, followed by brief detention at Mawego Police Station before officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) drove him to Nairobi's Central Police Station where he died. "The police must operate within the law.
We will follow up to ensure that those responsible are charged with murder and convicted of hanging, the same way they did to Albert," said Wanga.
