The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has issued a scathing condemnation of the alleged custodial killing of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher from Voi, describing the act as state-sanctioned brutality and demanding accountability at the highest levels of the police service.
In a statement signed by Secretary General Akelo Misori today, KUPPET said: “The KUPPET National Executive Board is horrified by the brutal killing of Albert Ojwang’, a teacher from Homa Bay County, by officers at the Central Police Station, Nairobi.”
Ojwang, who taught History and Christian Religious Education in Taita Taveta County, was reportedly arrested on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at his parents’ home in Homa Bay County by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
He was initially taken to Mawego Police Station before being transferred to Central Police Station in Nairobi.
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KUPPET has questioned the legality of the arrest and how officers from three separate counties coordinated to detain Ojwang, suggesting a wider and more sinister orchestration.
While acknowledging the interdiction of five officers involved in handling the late teacher, KUPPET maintains that justice has not yet been served.
“While we welcome the interdiction of five officers who handled Mr. Ojwang at Central Police Station, we demand action on the senior officer who ordered the killing. An OCS at Central Station could not possibly have commanded officers from across three regions to execute the murder in the manner it happened,” said Misori.
The union has also made a passionate appeal to the government to end what it terms a disturbing trend of police impunity.
This case has sparked outrage among teachers across the country, with KUPPET calling on IPOA and Parliament to open independent investigations. The union fears that unless senior officers are held accountable, such killings will only persist.
Misori emphasised that educators must not live in fear of expressing their views: “The death of Ojwang is not just a blow to the teaching fraternity, but to Kenya’s democracy. We cannot allow state agencies to become instruments of terror.”
By Joseph Mambili
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