Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Sella Oneko
00:26 Joshua Okayo | Activist and lawyer
00:45 Sella Oneko | DW correspondent
01:03 Ahmed Issack Hassan | Independent Policing Oversight Authority
01:34 Hanifa Adan | Activist

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They’re demanding justice for Albert Ojwang - a name largely unknown, until news emerged of his death in a Kenyan police cell. 

The 31 year-old teacher had apparently tarnished the name of a senior police official on social media. 

The initial police statement: he died after hitting his head on the cell wall. A statement that rights activists who viewed Ojwang’s body find hard to believe.

+++SOT+++-Joshua Okayo - Rights activist and lawyer
The body was swollen. And he had bruises here  somewhere on the face on the shoulder, here on the elbow. So really you see that and it doesn’t look like someone who was hitting their head on the wall.

+++PTC+++ Sella  Oneko - DW correspondent
This is just a small crowd of protesters who’ve walked from city mortuary and walking to the Central business district of nairobi. They’re angry about the death of Albert Ojwang and they’re asking questions around his death.

The police have removed the officers involved in the case. Kenya’s independent police watch dog says it’s started questioning officers and witnesses. 

+++SOT+++ Ahmed Issack Hassan - Police watchdog, IPOA
I also visited the scene myself, the cell where he died and there’s a lot of blood on the floor on the walls, it’s quite sad to see that picture.

Many are viewing Ojwang’s arrest and death as yet another abuse of police power.

Since the youth protests last year, over 60 deaths allegedly linked to the police are being investigated.

The tension between Kenyans and the authorities is palpable.

++SOT+++ Hanifa Adan - Activist
There’s no value for life. They’re killing us every single day and it goes unchecked. So we’re here to demand for justice.

With the one year anniversary of the deadly 2024 protests looming, there are fears of that Kenya could see more unrest and a harsher state crackdown in the coming weeks.

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