NAIROBI, Kenya – The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has finally succumbed to pressure and made public the names of police officers who arrested slain influencer Albert Omondi Ojwang’ from his Homa Bay home.
The identities of the officers were revealed by IPOA Vice Chairperson Anne Wanjiku when she appeared before the Senate on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, to shed light on the ongoing investigations into the death of Ojwang’ in police custody.
She identified the officers as Sgts Sigei and Wesley Korir. Others are PCs Dennis Kenyoni, Milton Mwanze and Boniface Rapudo.
Wanjiku also used the opportunity on the floor of the House to give a brief of the facts that the Authority has regarding Ojwang’s arrest and death.
“From the start, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) received a complaint from the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Eliud Lagat through a letter dated June 4, 2025 where he alleged that he suffered continued false and malicious publications on an X account (formerly Twitter) with the username pixcelpioneer and requested investigations to establish the person and motive behind it,” Wanjiku explained.
How Albert Otieno Ojwang’ was tracked down
On the same day, on June 4, 2025, Wanjiku stated that the complainant was referred to the Serious Crimes Unit based at the DCI headquarters for investigations.
Through forensic analysis, they were able to identify the link used by the blogger and the person linked to the account as one Kelvin Moinde.
“On June 5, 2025, Kelvin Moinde was arrested by the DCI officers from the Serious Crimes Unit at Gichuki area, Bomachoge Borabu, and later escorted to Nairobi. He was placed in custody at the Kamukunji Police Station,” the IPOA vice chair added.
On interrogating the suspect, Wanjiku indicated that the officers established that one Albert Otieno Ojwang’, hereby referred to as the deceased and a resident of Lida Centre, within Homa Bay County, was a person of interest and therefore planned to arrest him.
“On June 7, 2025, at around 8 am, a team comprising the above-mentioned officers went to Lida Centre in Homa Bay County and arrested the deceased at around 2:30 pm and took him to Mawego Police Station and later in custody vide OB107/6-2025.
At around 3:54 pm, Wanjiku told the senators that the deceased was booked out via OB No.11/7/6-2025 and escorted to Nairobi, where he was booked at the Central Police Station vide OB136/7/6-2025 at 9:31 pm.
On June 8, 2025, according to the police signal, the deceased was rushed to Mbagathi Hospital by police officers from Central Police Station, where he was declared dead and later taken to City Funeral Home.
“The Authority learnt about Ojwang’s death in police custody on June 8, 2025, from the media and through the police signal sent by the Inspector General of Police and immediately commenced investigations,” she stated.
What has IPOA achieved in its tasks:
- The scene was visited and documented to preserve the integrity of the evidence, to establish the sequence of events and to identify any indicators of misconduct.
- Blood samples were collected from the scene. Blood data analysis was also done by their investigating officers.
- All relevant police documents were collected from the Central Police Station.
- The CCTV/DVR was seized and forwarded for forensic analysis.
- Statements from the five arresting DCI police officers were recorded.
- A letter addressed to the Mbagathi Hospital requesting information on whether the deceased was treated at the facility was delivered, and a reply is expected today, June 11, 2025.
- The family of the deceased was notified.
- Potential witnesses were also identified.
- The OB records were obtained from Mawego Police Station.
- The post-mortem examination was attended, and a copy of the report was obtained.
- The samples drawn from the deceased’s body were secured and are pending onward transmission to the government chemist.
