The growing focus on junior officers in the Albert Ojwang case should not stop Kenyans from asking why Eliud Lagat appears to be drifting away from the centre of the story.
Albert was arrested over a complaint linked to Lagat, transported from Homa Bay to Nairobi and later died in police custody, yet responsibility now appears to be narrowing around those lower in the chain.
That should worry everyone.
The State may present arrests, CCTV footage and selected details as proof that justice is being done, but accountability cannot end with the people who carried out the operation while the senior officer whose complaint triggered it is treated like a distant observer.
Kenyans must not be carried in a stupid way.
If junior officers must answer, then the country must also be told what role Eliud Lagat played, what instructions were issued, who approved Albert’s movement and who expected reports from those handling him.
There were reports that Albert was removed from the cell at Central Police Station and taken to meet a senior National Police Service official at Karura forest torture chambers and it was at this point he was tortured in the presence of this senior official till he collapsed and died, they returned a body to Central Police station to stage a crime scene......
A command structure cannot be visible when orders are being followed and suddenly disappear when a citizen dies.
No one is asking that Lagat be convicted without evidence, but neither should he quietly walk free while those below him carry the entire burden.
The real test of this investigation is whether the full chain of command will be exposed, including Eliud Lagat’s role, without fear, favour or selective protection.
The officers who arrested Albert Ojwang’ were briefing Eliud Lagat on everything, including their movements, yet Kenyans are now being asked to believe that the briefings suddenly stopped just before Albert was killed and that Lagat somehow became a complete stranger to the operation.
That story does not add up.
You cannot receive updates throughout an operation, follow the movements of the officers involved and then conveniently disappear from the chain of communication at the exact moment the operation turns deadly.
Kenyans are not stupid, and any attempt to isolate junior officers while Eliud Lagat is treated as though he knew nothing must be rejected.
Naambiwa Raymond Omollo’s dogs are on my case, but you are probably not seeing their posts because they have no reach and nobody listens to them.
That is yet another confirmation that nearly KSh30 million is being wasted on low-impact trolls who cannot influence public opinion, shape a narrative, or drive any meaningful conversation.
The troll operation linked to the Interior Ministry must be disbanded, and taxpayers deserve a full account of how their money is being spent.
Who knows Eliud Lagats family, kids social media handles? I know they must be flexing their nepo asses somewhere on IG, we should make the social cost of what he did high and painful. He should not be allowed to live a normal life while the family of Albert is living with the consequences of their lawless actions. Public office should come with public accountability.
Eliud Lagat must be arrested and questioned over Albert Ojwang’s death.
He was deeply involved from the complaint, the arrest, the officers’ movements and the briefings that followed, yet the moment Albert died, Kenyans were suddenly asked to treat him like a complete stranger to the operation.
That story does not add up.
You cannot remain at the centre of a case until death occurs, then quietly disappear from the chain of responsibility while junior officers carry the burden.
Arrest him, question him and let the full communication trail come out in court.
#ArrestEliudLagat
North Rift is so Wantam that Kindiki had to cancel his purported "development" tour!
He got intelligence that ground is very hostile against Kenya Kwisha Nonsense!
They will not believe it!
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#RutoMustGoNow
Exonerated
He was there when the complaint was made,
there when the officers were sent,
there when the journey began,
there when every movement was reported.
He was there when Albert was taken,
there when power became a weapon,
there when a young man was dragged far from home,
there when fear was meant to serve as an example.
Then Albert died.
Suddenly, the chain broke.
The briefings vanished.
The orders became whispers.
The senior man became a stranger.
Junior officers were left holding the blood,
while the powerful washed their hands
and called it exoneration.
But how do you clear the man
who stood at every door
until death entered the room?
How do you erase his shadow
from a story where it followed Albert
from the complaint
to the arrest
to the final breath?
They may clear his name on paper,
but Kenyans can still read the trail.
You cannot be present at every step,
then disappear only when the body appears.
#ArrestEliudLagat