CCTV Footage Shows Albert Ojwang’s Final Moments at Mbagathi Hospital

Newly obtained CCTV footage has shed light on the final moments of Albert Ojwang at Mbagathi Hospital, where he was taken after being found unconscious at Central Police Station. 

The footage reveals that a police vehicle arrived at the hospital at 1:35 AM. 

Three officers are seen exiting the vehicle, with two briefly conversing before heading toward the hospital's casualty section. 

During this period, Ojwang remained alone in the back of the police vehicle, receiving no immediate attention.

At 1:37 AM, the officers are seen outside the hospital, appearing to make phone calls. 

It wasn't until 1:46 AM that two of the officers returned with a stretcher, taking approximately 12 minutes to move Ojwang onto it.

The officers spent about 10 minutes inside the casualty area, and at 2:11 AM, they were seen wheeling Ojwang's body out of the hospital. 

Ojwang's body was loaded onto the back of the police Land Cruiser and taken to City Mortuary. It was later identified by his father, Mzee Meshack Opiyo. 

This comes days after the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) revealed that surveillance systems at the Central Police Station in Nairobi were interfered with following Ojwang's death.  

Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, June 11, IPOA Deputy Chairperson Ann Wanjiku confirmed that the authority’s investigations had uncovered tampering with the CCTV systems located at the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) office.

“The key findings: the CCTV systems located at the OCS' office had been interfered with,” she said.

It was later revealed that a technician based in Nairobi was paid to delete the CCTV footage from the OCS' office at the station.

In reports that emerged on Friday, June 13, the technician revealed that he was paid Ksh3,000 to delete the footage believed to have captured the events at the station when Ojwang was killed.

Following his involvement in the case, the 23-year-old technician was arrested by police at his home in Nairobi and is expected to help IPOA investigate the matter.

According to IPOA chair Issack Hassan, the technician was asked to delete part of the footage; however, given that it was impossible, they decided to delete the entire footage.

“Somebody called someone to come and switch off a particular section, but he said he could only shut down the entire system. The DVR logs indicated that the operating discs had been changed and formatted,” he stated.