At least seven suspects were arrested and arraigned over the torching of Mawego police station in Homabay.
The attack happened on July 3 as the body of teacher Albert Ojwang arrived in the village.
It was at the Mawego police station that the slain teacher was briefly detained before he was moved to Nairobi over claims of false publication.
Ojwang was killed at the Nairobi Central police cells on June 7 after his arrest in Homabay.
He was buried at his rural home on July 4.
Following the torching of the station, police arrested seven suspects on July 6 and presented them at the Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court, Oyugis, on Monday and made an application to detain them for 21 days for custodial orders to allow completion of investigations.
However, the court granted seven days and the suspects were remanded at Kendu Bay Police Station pending further police action.
A mob attacked and burnt Mawego Police Station as
the body of Ojwang arrived in the village.
It emerged that the group of mourners commandeered the hearse to the police station and were later joined by a group of students from a local polytechnic.
The crowd surged and turned unruly prompting police to lob teargas canisters in vain.
They later walked into and out of the station carrying the casket as another group remained behind ransacking the station.
They set the Officer Commanding Station’s office and the report office on fire, flattening them.
Some stole the flag posts, the police and national flags together with the station signage as they escaped the scene amid teargas canisters.
Police living near there said their houses were looted. No injuries were reported and the armoury was found to be safe, police said.
So far, at least six persons have been charged with the murder of Ojwang, among them Central Police OCS Samson Talam and Police Constable James Mukhwana.
Talaam, Mukhwana, Peter Kimani, John Ginge Gitau, Gin Ammitou Abwao, and Brian Mwaniki Njue jointly murdered Ojwang on the night of June 7th and 8th, 2025, at Central Police Station in Nairobi.
