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  • Terror charges slapped on Mawego Police Station arson suspects

    Terror charges slapped on Mawego Police Station arson suspects

    Eight key suspects linked to the July 3, 2025, arson attack on Mawego Police Station, Rachuonyo North Sub-County were on Tuesday arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts.

    The suspects: Kennedy Oluoch Oluoch, Nicholas Otieno, Tofiq Owiti Mohamed, Michael Omondi Opiyo, David Bill Clinton Otieno, Robert Ouko Abala, Samuel Ouma Odhiambo, and Erick Obunga Osumba, had been detained under custodial orders issued by the Oyugis Law Court.

    They were re-arrested on July 14, 2025, following closure of the miscellaneous application, and subsequently transferred to the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) headquarters in Nairobi, for arraignment under the Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 30 of 2012, along with additional offences under the Penal Code.

    Appearing before the Kahawa Law Courts today, the suspects faced charges as follows:

    Count I: Commission of a terrorist act, contrary to Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).

    Count II: Arson, contrary to Section 332 of the Penal Code.

    Count III: Malicious damage to property, contrary to Section 339 of the Penal Code. All the suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The prosecution opposed the granting of bond, an application that was contested by the defence.

    The trial magistrate, Hon. Richard Koech, SPM, scheduled the matter for mention on July 22, 2025, for a bond ruling. In the meantime, the accused have been remanded at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.

  • Seven arraigned over Mawego Police Station arson attack

    Seven arraigned over Mawego Police Station arson attack

    Seven suspects linked to the July 3 arson attack on Mawego Police Station have been arraigned before the Oyugis Law Courts as detectives intensify investigations into the incident.

    The suspects, Kennedy Oluoch, Nicholas Otieno, Tofiq Owiti Mohamed, Michael Omondi Opiyo, David Bill Clinton Otieno, Robert Ouko Abala, and Samuel Ouma Odhiambo, are believed to be the masterminds behind the coordinated attack that also involved other accomplices who are still at large.

    The suspects were granted a seven-day custodial order to allow for the completion of ongoing investigations.

    Authorities say the suspects were involved in malicious property damage and are treating the case as a serious threat to law enforcement infrastructure.

    Investigators are also pursuing additional leads in a bid to apprehend more individuals believed to have played a role in the attack.

    Mawego Police Station was set ablaze during the funeral procession of the late Albert Ojwang, who had initially been detained at the facility before being transferred to Central Police Station in Nairobi, where he died while in custody.

  • Chaos rock Ojwang’s funeral procession as youths torch police station in Homa Bay

    Chaos rock Ojwang’s funeral procession as youths torch police station in Homa Bay

    Chaos erupted during the funeral procession for slain teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang on Thursday afternoon in Homa Bay County, after a group of irate youths intercepted the convoy transporting his body to his rural home in Kokwanyo Village ahead of his burial scheduled for Friday.

    The youths demanded that the body be taken to Mawego Police Station where he was temporarily detained before he was taken to central police station in Nairobi where he died.

    Attempts by Ojwang’s father to calm the group were unsuccessful, leading to a standoff that lasted nearly three hours.

    The situation escalated when the youths forcefully removed the body from the hearse and carried it on their shoulders to the police station.

    Upon arrival, they set parts of the station ablaze, vandalised the signpost, and dismantled security barricades.

    County Police Commander Lawrence Koilem condemned the arson and confirmed that the police report office, the OCS’s office, and one staff house at Mawego Police Station were destroyed during the incident.

    A planned public viewing of the body at Nyawango Primary School was also cancelled and the convoy proceeded directly to the family home.