(12 Jun 2025)
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Nairobi, Kenya – 12 June 2025
1. Various of police launching teargas at protesters
2. Protesters throwing stones
3. Various of police firing teargas canisters and protesters throwing stones
4. Various of a protester holding a portrait of Kenya’s Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Eliud Lagat, who is accused of ordering the murder of a blogger, reading (English) "MOST WANTED. DIG Eliud Lagat – Murder of Albert Ojwang, no reward, last known location Central Police"
5. Close of a teargas canister dispensing gas
6. Various of protesters holding a newspaper front page and saying (English) "Lagat must go"
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Wanjira Wanjiru, activist:
"We are outside today because this man killed a fellow young person, in police custody. He was tortured, strangulated and murdered and they lied to the Kenyan people that he beat his head on the wall. Like that could be a reality. The autopsy results have revealed that he was tortured and murdered and we are here today to demand justice and that this man is arrested and jailed. He has no business reporting as a police officer anywhere."
8. Various of cars burning as protest goes on
9. A protester holding teargas canisters and a live bullet in front of cars burning
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Collins Oganda, protester:
"I’d love to add and tell the government that this is not stopping until we get justice, until they listen to us. Until they listen to most of the youth, who actually are the largest percentage in this country, this will not end. And until we get justice for Albert, this is not coming to an end. This is just the beginning of everything. I know they look for me, as they’ve always done, as they looked for Albert. But for motherland or death, we choose both."
11. Protesters chanting (English) "Ruto must go"
12. Various of a police helicopter circling the protest area
13. Various of protesters holding the Kenyan flag, throwing stones, chanting as they march and running
STORYLINE:
Protesters took to the streets of the Kenyan capital on Thursday to vent their anger over the death of a blogger in police custody.
Albert Ojwang was arrested June 6 in Homa Bay in western Kenya and driven 400 kilometers (248 miles) to Nairobi for what police said was publishing “false information” about a top police official on social media.
He subsequently died at the Central Police Station after “hitting his head against the cell wall,” police said.
Amnesty International and local activists have questioned that account.
The protesters occupied the road in Nairobi leading to the parliamentary building, where the national budget was due to be presented Thursday.
They threw stones at police, the latter who fired teargas to disperse the crowd. At least two cars were set on fire in a street nearby.
"We are outside today because this man killed a fellow young person, in police custody," said civil rights activist Wanjira Wanjiru.
Pointing to a newspaper photo of Kenya’s Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Eliud Lagat, who is accused of ordering the murder of a blogger, she added "we are here today to demand justice and that this man is arrested and jailed.
He has no business reporting as a police officer anywhere."
Another protester, Collins Oganda, said "This is not stopping until we get justice, until they listen to us, until they listen to most of the youth, who actually are the largest percentage in this country."
Authorities have since said an official investigation is underway.
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