Trans Nzoia County governor George Natembeya has cautioned KK government over suppression of freedom of speech. Photo: George Natembeya X.
Following the controversies surrounding the death of Homabay X blogger Albert Ojwang’ at Central Police Station in Nairobi, leaders continue to call out the move to arrest junior police officers, while the senior officers implicated in the murder walk free.
According to Trans Nzoia governor George Natembeya, the laws of the country should not be discriminative, as no one is above the law, and all officers implicated in the death of Ojwang’ should be held accountable despite their ranks.
“The one who gave the orders for Ojwang’ to be arrested and died in the cell must be held accountable. There is no one in Kenya who is above the law, we are all equal. The same law after junior officers should apply to their seniors,” Natembeya stated.
Following the case, Central Police Station Constable James Mukhwana has been arrested and remanded for seven days as the first suspect, as OCS Samson Talam arrested on Friday in Eldoret, will be arraigned on Monday, and is currently booked at Lang’ata Police Station.
The two are currently the main suspects in the murder, despite DIG Eliud Lagat being mentioned in the case as the complainant leading to the arrest of Ojwang’.
Natembeya further asked President William Ruto to allow Kenyans and young people speak out, as it is their right enshrined in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya. He faulted the head of state for returning the country into the dark days, when there was no freedom of speech, urging Kenyans not to stop, as their silence will result to a dictatorial administration.
“Mr. President let our children speak up, let Kenyans express themselves. The culture of suppressing people ended with the Moi regime, and it will never come back. My people don’t be afraid to speak up, because the day you stop speaking, is the day that dictatorship becomes the order of the day,” he boldly remarked.
The Kenya Kwanza government has been on the watch, following forced abductions and disappearance of young people criticising the government and calling out leaders for failures, a move religious leaders faulted as disregard of the dignity of life and human rights, that has been largely witnessed in the country on how they handle the opposition.
