The Cabinet Secretary of Interior, Kipchumba Murkomen, on Wednesday, June 11 appeared before the Senate plenary to answer questions concerning the murder of Albert Ojwang in police custody at the Central Police Station in Nairobi.
CS Murkomen said he received the news in shocking circumstances of disbelief.
In his statement to the senators, he expressed sorrow, noting that Ojwang’s death was an embarrassment to the National Police Service (NPS).
“It is regrettable that such an act happens in our country, particularly in the hands of the police officers. One life lost in circumstances like Ojwang’s is worth many,” he said.
Additionally, Murkomen also accounted that the issue of police brutality, assuring that the process of accountability is underway to protect Kenyans and provide justice at last.
“A few years ago, with the enactment of the new constitution and establishment of institutional accountability, we now hold police accountable, according to the new mechanism.”
Furthermore, the CS says that he is dedicated to serving Kenyans with integrity until the suspects are brought to book, reflecting on past activities of accountability where justice was served accordingly.
“Just like in the case of 2013, Mr Martin Koome, who was killed in the same manner as Ojwang’, the suspects were brought to account, Wakili Kimani’s killers in 2016 were also brought to account,” he noted.
