US EditionKenyan blogger's wife seeks answers after his death in police custody
- A Kenyan blogger's wife, Nevnine Onyango, described police as initially soft when they arrived to arrest her husband, Ojwang, for insulting their 'boss'.
- Ojwang, a father of a three-year-old son, was reported dead the following morning.
- Protests erupted in Nairobi, with vehicles set ablaze and police using teargas in response to the unrest.
- President William Ruto described Ojwang's death as 'heartbreaking and unacceptable' and called for justice to be served.
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Kenya's deputy police chief steps aside as blogger's death investigated
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Kenya Protests Reignited By Custody Death, but 'Gen Z' Movement Remains Divided
A year on from landmark protests over taxes and corruption, Kenya's youth remains undeterred by a violent police response but faces conflicting ideas on what direction to take. Meanwhile, the recent death of a blogger in prison has sparked new demonstrations.
Killed Over Someone Else’s Post? Albert Ojwang’s Digital Footprints Challenge Police Narrative - Africa Uncensored
Speaking in the Senate while under oath, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja claimed that Albert Ojwang’ had been arrested for publishing a defamatory post on X in violation of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act. However, an open source investigation of Ojwang’s social media activity did not find any posts linking his X account to the defamatory hashtag. On the day of the alleged campaign, Ojwang’s now-deleted X account participated i…
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