Kenya’s Top Cop Steps Down as Custody Death Sparks Outrage

Kenya’s Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat has temporarily stepped aside amid a murder investigation into the death of Albert Ojwang, a young teacher who died in police custody. While police initially claimed Ojwang inflicted his own injuries, a postmortem revealed he died from blunt force trauma to the head. Lagat’s move comes just ahead of protests […]