Kenya police chief said on Monday that a person detained over the weekend was arrested for criticizing a senior officer. The country was already on the shore because it has been a year after a year when a mass protests were held on tax growth and corruption that triggers a police reaction that killed at least 60. 31 -year -old Albert Ozwang was found unconscious in a cell at Nairobi’s Central Police Station on Saturday and was later declared dead in the hospital. Police said he hit his head against the wall. Julius Zuma, a lawyer for Ozwang’s family, said, “We saw the dead body yesterday … (IT) There were a lot of injuries on the hands, the shoulder area, the head was swollen around the head … and there was a lot of bleeding from the nose and mouth.” Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja told reporters that Ozwang was arrested along with several others after a complaint of his deputy alias Kipkoch Lagut. “There was a complaint that his name was launched by (Deputy Inspector-General),” Kanja said.Local media said that the group was arrested in positions on social media.Ozwang was arrested in western Kenya, but more than 250 kilometers (150 mi) was transferred to Nairobi, “without appropriate orders from the court”, Law Society of Kenya (LSK) said on Monday.The move was proof of “bad belief and maliciousness in arrest”, LSK said, saying that “any proposal was an accident” denied.Amnesty International earlier stated that Ozwang’s death should be “immediately, completely and independently investigated”.Kenyan officials have been accused of harsh cracks on government critics, over 80 illegally detained since the protest of June 2024, according to rights groups – some only to share cartoons or satirical images of President William Ruto.Former Attorney General Justin Muturi, who says his own son was illegally detained by security forces during the protest, stated that the circumstances around Ozwang’s death were “not only suspicious, they are derogatory”.“They insult Kenai’s intelligence and raise very serious questions about the conduct and accountability of our law enforcement agencies,” he wrote on X.
