A postmortem on the body of slain teacher and social media
influencer Albert Ojwang is underway at the Nairobi Funeral Home.
Ojwang died while in police custody on June 7, 2025, at Central Police Station, allegedly an hour after he was booked in.
The autopsy is expected to help uncover the truth about his death, amid questions surrounding the last moments of his life.
The exercise, initially scheduled for Monday, June 9, was called off after government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor stepped aside, citing a conflict of interest due to his blood relation to the deceased.
Ojwang’s family and human rights organisations have intensified calls for a thorough and independent investigation, urging the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to probe what they term the mysterious death of the young man, who was also an X influencer.
IPOA Chairperson Ahmed Hassan has pledged to carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the matter.
Additional security personnel were deployed to Nairobi Funeral Home, also known as City Mortuary, on Tuesday ahead of the autopsy.
This followed an incident in which a group of activists, accompanied by the family, stormed the body-holding area at the mortuary and allegedly “disturbed” Ojwang’s body.
The incident occurred on Monday as pathologists and police were preparing to conduct the autopsy.
The procedure was rescheduled to Tuesday, according to government chief pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor.
He confirmed that he remains part of the team conducting the postmortem.
“I am still part of the team. I have not resigned from the exercise. The guy was my relative,” he said.
Police say Ojwang was found unconscious in his cell after being booked on allegations of false publication.
He had been arrested on Friday at his home in Homa Bay and transported to Nairobi for questioning.
He was first taken to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road for interrogation before the arresting officers transferred him to Central Police Station for detention.
According to the Occurrence Book, he was the 59th suspect admitted to the station, booked at 2:35 a.m. under the charge of false publication.
The autopsy was delayed to ensure transparency, with independent pathologists and civil rights organisations present.
“We want transparency. There must be no foul play,” said the family lawyer, Julius Juma.
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has claimed that the person behind Albert Ojwang’s death is the same individual who ordered his arrest and transfer to Nairobi.
