Authorities have made their first arrest in the case involving the murder of blogger Albert Ojwang.
A police officer attached to the Central Police Station was apprehended on Thursday, June 12, with reports reaching Kenyans.co.ke indicating he is being held at the Capitol Hill Police Station.
“Please be informed that an officer of Central Police Station Nairobi, was arrested today, 12/06/2025 and placed in custody at Capitol Hill Police Station by officers from the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA),” a memo released on the evening of Thursday, June 12 read.
The arrest followed an extensive investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), which revealed to the Administration and Internal Security Committee that an arrest announcement would be confirmed on Thursday.
On Wednesday, IPOA released the names of six officers involved in the arrest of Ojwang’ from the Leaders Centre in Homa Bay County on Friday, June 7.
Notably, the arrested officer was not among the names released by Vice Chairperson Ann Mwangi before the Senate.
While it remains unclear whether the arrested officer was directly involved in Ojwang's killing, his apprehension is believed to be linked to glaring inconsistencies in how officers handled the situation when the late influencer was first brought to the station.
In addition to allegedly failing to book Ojwang, officers on duty on June 7 have come under scrutiny after it emerged that CCTV cameras had been tampered with.
IPOA Chairperson Issack Hassan revealed on Thursday that digital video recorder (DVR) logs showed the discs were replaced on June 8, 2025, at exactly 07:23:29 and 07:23:48 hours after Ojwang was brought in.
According to IPOA’s account, Ojwang was booked at 9:35 p.m. on June 7.
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja also revealed on Thursday that experts were looking at the CCTV hard drive to reconstruct footage.
Investigations are also closing in on the individual responsible for unplugging the CCTV power source, after it emerged that the cameras were conveniently offline around the time Ojwang was brought into the station.
