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• Wed Jun 11 2025

A group of human rights activists moved to court seeking orders to institute private prosecution against Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat

The activists, in court documents, claimed that investigative agencies were dragging their feet in probing blogger Albert Ojwang?s murder

They alleged that the recent suspension of junior police officers who were involved in the blogger?s arrest was only meant to protect DIG Lagat

Four human rights activists have moved to court seeking to institute private criminal proceedings against Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat following the brutal murder of blogger Albert Ojwang.

Activists want court orders to allow them to prosecute DIG Eliud Lagat. Photos: Cyprian Nyakundi, NPS.

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The activists are seeking court orders to be allowed to press murder charges against Lagat, whom they accuse of orchestrating Ojwang?s murder.

In their application, the four, Julius Ogogoh, Khelef Khalifa, Francis Auma and Peter Agoro, have accused investigative agencies of dragging their feet over the issue, citing suspension of junior officers.

According to the activists, the suspension of the junior officers is only meant to protect the alleged main culprit. They are also seeking the DIG?s arrest.

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"Investigative and prosecutorial agencies have evidently shown that they are dragging their feet in this matter and instead of investigating and prosecuting the Deputy Inspector General of Police one Mr. Eliud Kipkoech Lagat, they have done some cosmetic exercise of suspending junior officers within the police rank,? read part of their application seen by TUKO.co.ke.

Should DIG Lagat be barred from accessing his office?

The activists are also seeking orders to bar Lagat from accessing his office at Vigilance House pending his arrest and prosecution.

Through lawyer Nicholas Kamwendwa, the four claim that investigations into the death of Ojwang will be interfered with should Lagat be allowed to remain in office.

They claim that having been adversely mentioned in the matter, he is likely to interfere with the ongoing probe.

"So far, it is evident that the investigations are skewed as the Inspector General of Police has only suspended and indicated investigations are only touching the officers attached to Central Police Station and yet the orchestrator of all these under whose instructions others were working upon is still very much in office and most likely overseeing the said investigations by virtue of his office; he was very much present during the press briefings by the Inspector General of Police,? Kamwende told court.

The activists further told the court that unless it intervenes, and Lagat is prosecuted, there is a likelihood that there shall be a failure of public and private justice.

Activists warned that should Lagat remain in office, the probe into Ojwang's murder is likely to hit a dead end. Photo: NPS.

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They also warned that if the current trend persists and the so-called big fish are left off the hook as it allegedly is in the current scenario, the trend will only escalate.

Was Eliud Lagat involved in Albert Ojwang's murder?

DIG Lagat has been widely mentioned in Ojwang?s death, with the Inspector General of Police confirming that the deceased was arrested based on a complaint that his deputy had filed.

The blogger was picked up by police officers at his home in Homa Bay and driven to the Central Police Station.

However, he died while in police custody in what the police had initially claimed was due to self-inflicted injuries.

An autopsy conducted on the body, however, revealed the contrary. The report showed that he died from assault.

Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke