Overview

• Demonstrations in Nairobi and Mombasa have turned violent as protesters demand accountability for Albert Ojwang, who died of assault injuries while in police custody
• One person was killed when police shot an unarmed hawker selling face masks and hired motorbike goons attacked demonstrators, leaving at least nine others injured
• The Independent Policing Oversight Authority has named 17 officers as suspects and arrested Central Police Station OCS Samson Talam, a CCTV technician, three civilian detainees and a police constable
• President William Ruto has condemned Ojwang’s death as "heartbreaking and unacceptable" and vowed to hold rogue officers to account
• Human rights groups warn the unrest underscores broader public outrage over extrajudicial killings and systemic police brutality in Kenya