Our Fellow Kenyans,
Three years ago, none of us could have imagined or predicted that we would be standing in front of you today, in shock and horror, listing the atrocities and premeditated killings of Kenyans by the current regime.
Three years ago, many of us were on opposite sides of the political divide. We advocated for our plans and manifestos, eager to make a difference for our country – for the better, for posterity.
Whether on the Kenya Kwanza or Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance sides, none of us gathered here today would have made plans to offer security or ensure that our staff and their families, indeed our own families, have a hotline to protection and help because the threat of abductions and illegal detentions was an imminent reality.
We simply did not imagine it.
Nor could we ask any Kenyan to prepare for it.
This aberration has been perpetuated with increased illegal surveillance, abductions, and illegitimate detentions, some of them ascribed to mistaken identity. It has become the modus operandi of a callously inhumane Ruto-led regime.
It is one, if not the major reason why senior members of Kenya Kwanza have been impeached, forced into resignation or indeed have been sacked: because they questioned and sought answers for these indecent atrocities that go against human understanding.
It is the reason ladies and gentlemen, that these brave souls unbowed and uncompromised, stand here as The United Opposition determined to Komboa Kenya.
Friends of our beloved Republic,
When 31-year-old Albert Ojwang walked back to his home in Migori on June 6, 2025, neither he nor his parents, his relatives and his young wife were aware that these were his last hours on earth. Albert was neither sick nor wounded. He had in fact spent the day actively planting his home garden, calculating his eventual harvest. Albert a Kiswahili and Religious studies teacher based in Voi was the single hope of his parents and father to a two-and-a-half-year-old child.
Albert was picked up by police officers riding motorcycles in Kakot, Homa Bay and taken away because of an alleged offensive social media post about a senior police officer now identified as Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat.
32 hours after the police who arrested Albert assured his parents that he was well and only needed a heavy overcoat because “Nairobi was cold”, Albert was dead.
Why Albert was moved from Mawego Police Station, Homa Bay to Nairobi – 400 kilometres from the alleged area of incident – and specifically Central Police Station and checked in under the OB number 137/7/6/2025 at 9:35pm on Saturday June 7 remains unclear.
There are 26 hours that remain unaccounted for between Homa by and Nairobi. 26 hours when a healthy man having lunch with his young family arrived, according to many sources, bleeding and with serious injuries. 26 hours before being declared dead on arrival at the Mbagathi Hospital, Nairobi, at 1:39AM.
Today ladies and gentlemen, this is no ordinary gathering. Albert’s family has questions. We have questions. Kenyans have questions and the international community has questions. We all demand answers to the following:
1. The Criminal Procedure Code Cap. 75 has clear procedures on arrests relating to cognisable offenses. There should have been a formal complaint and an arrest warrant. Kenyans want to know if there was a formal complaint by the Deputy Inspector General Langat? If so at what police station? Which date and time was this complaint recorded? What is the OB Entry Number of the said complaint?
2. We demand to know why Albert was moved from Mawengo Police Station, Homa Bay to Nairobi, and specifically Central Police Station, and which officers accompanied him by name and rank.
3. Central Police Station, Nairobi has CCTV coverage. We demand to know where the footage showing Albert being brought in and leaving the station is and whether it has been provided to the family lawyers. If there is no footage, we demand to know who ordered for the cameras to be switched off.
4. When Albert was picked up in Homa Bay he had no physical injuries. Indeed, he was having lunch with his family. We demand to know who inflicted the grievous and extensive injuries on his body.
5. It has been reported that Albert was in solitary confinement. Why was Albert considered a high-risk criminal? If he was not in solitary confinement as alleged, who were his cellmates and how many were there? We demand that the Cell Register be produced.
6. On June 10, 2025, The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) directed the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to expedite investigations on circumstances surrounding the death of Albert and report within seven (7) days. This is a coverup and a diversionary tactic to delay this matter. The mandate of the DPP under the Constitution of Kenya is to direct the National Police Service and Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
7. The post mortem on Albert is clear. He was murdered.
In light of the foregoing, we are calling not just for the resignation but for the arrest and prosecution of DIG Eliud Langat within 24 hours from the issuance of this statement. We similarly demand that the junior officers currently being prosecuted be given witness prosecution with immediate effect. Their lives are in danger because they know the truth.
We applaud the courageous Kenyans who have kept vigil at Vigilant House and encourage them to maintain the pressure until this is achieved.
We are also aware that Safaricom is complicit and a facilitator in the tracing and abduction of Kenyans who have either ended up dead or maimed in the hands of police like Albert Ojwang. We want to issue a direct warning that this amounts to aiding and abetting of the commission of these crimes against humanity for which Kenyans will hold Safaricom responsible and, either take appropriate legal action or boycott their services.
Finally, due to the persistent targeting, kidnapping, abductions, intimidation, unlawful arrests and murder of young people by this heinous and degenerate regime, we reiterate our call for June 25th to be a People’s Public Holiday; a day of memorial in honour of the all Kenyans who have lost their lives under this regime.
Thank you and God Bless Kenya.