Mawego Police Station in Homa Bay County was set ablaze on July 3 by angry protesters who marched to the station with Albert Ojwang’s body.
The late Ojwang was initially detained at the station before being transferred to Nairobi, where he died while in police custody at Central Police Station.
Tensions boiled over as mourners, marching with the coffin, stormed the station compound and set some structures on fire.
Youths burn down Mawego Police Station in Homa Bay. Photo: Courtesy.
Some officers were spotted carrying their personal belongings out of the quarters, while others poured water on the buildings in a bid to contain the fire.
Images and videos shared online showed the protesters carrying the uprooted signage of the police station while protesting Ojwang’s killing.
After the confrontation at the station, Ojwang’s body was taken to his parents’ home in Kokwayo Village, Kabondo Kasipul.
This comes a day after Ojwang’s requiem mass where his mother, Eucabeth Adhiambo, offered a heartbreaking recollection of her son’s final moments.
