Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma has sensationally claimed that the angry youths who torched the Mawego Police Station in Homa Bay County were ferried from Nairobi.
In a statement on Thursday, July 3, Kaluma defended the residents of Homa Bay, stating that they were not involved in the burning of the police station.
He argued that the locals have coexisted peacefully with the station for years and even maintained calm following the death of Albert Ojwang.
Ojwang was initially detained at the station before being transferred to Central Police Station in Nairobi, where he died while in police custody.
“The goons who have burnt Mawego Police Station were ferried from Nairobi. Our Students from Mawego and our students from across our land didn’t burn the Station. They have lived with the Station all these years, and even after our son Albert Ojwang was killed,” Kaluma stated.
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The Mawego Police Station was set ablaze on Thursday afternoon by irate protesters who marched to the station carrying Ojwang's body.
The protestors stormed the station and set some structures on fire as they demonstrated against Ojwang's murder.
Some officers were spotted carrying their personal belongings out of the quarters, while others desperately poured water on the buildings in a bid to contain the fire.
Ojwang's body was then taken to his parents' home in Kokwayo Village, Kabondo Kasipul, ahead of his burial on Friday, July 4.
The late teacher and blogger’s death sparked uproar among Kenyans, who took to the streets to protest while mounting pressure on Lagat to leave office and face justice alongside other officers implicated in the murder.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga has so far approved murder charges against Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam and officers James Mukhwana and Peter Kimani over Ojwang’s death.
The DPP also approved murder charges against John Ngige Gitau, Gin Ammitou Abwao, and Brian Mwaniki Njue.
