Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma has claimed that the group that torched Mawego Police Station were ferried in from Nairobi.
“Our students from Mawego and across our region didn’t burn the station. They have lived with it for years, even after the killing of our son Albert Ojwang,” Kaluma said.
The police post was set on fire Thursday July 3 by mourners protesting Ojwang’s death, who claimed he was first detained at the station before dying in police custody in Nairobi.
The enraged crowd said Ojwang was taken into custody at the station after being picked from his home under unclear circumstances, blaming the police for his mysterious death.
According to eyewitnesses, the demonstrators, arrived at the station carrying Onjwang’s in a procession shortly before noon, chanting slogans and demanding justice.
Albert Ojwang’s case has triggered a wave of anger across the region, with civil society groups and political leaders calling for thorough investigations into the circumstances surrounding his death.
Ojwang was initially detained at Mawego Police Station in June 7, before being transferred to Nairobi.
He later died while in at Central Police Station, sparking public outrage.
Ojwang will be buried in his home in Kokwanyo village, Homa Bay Friday July, 4.
