Overview

• Demonstrations over the custody death of blogger Albert Ojwang continue in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale with protesters demanding police accountability.
• An officer has been arrested for firing a shotgun at point-blank range into the head of 22-year-old mask vendor Boniface Kariuki during Tuesday’s unrest.
• Kariuki remains on life support in intensive care after surgery, authorities confirm he was not part of the protest.
• Deputy Inspector-General Eliud Langat has stepped aside to allow impartial probes into Ojwang’s fatal injuries, as activists press for charges.
• At least 22 people were reported injured in the latest protests and both the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the UK embassy have called for a transparent investigation into excessive force.