Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro has called on public officers who do not wish the conduct of their work discussed by the public to take the easy way out and resign.
“The things we have seen around the intimidation of Kenyans are uncalled for and unfortunate. Many people serving in the government in elective or appointive positions have a choice that if you do not want the conduct of your work to be part of the public domain, then you have a choice to retreat and be a private person,” said Nyoro.
The Kiharu MP who addressed the media on Tuesday 10 June, 2025 said it was really sad that blogger and schoolteacher Albert Omondi Ojwang from Homabay was killed because of airing his views on the conduct of a public figure.
“The rights of Kenyans are clear in our constitution; it is upon you as a public person to read. If you don’t want Kenyans to write about you, then you have no business being there.”
Nyoro sympathized with the father who struggled for 20 years to educate his only son through university only to see his life cut short by only writing a few lines of opinion on a public figure.
“One of our brothers lost his life in a very unfortunate manner, and it is even more unfortunate to hear the father speak that he was an only child. What does it benefit you as a leader when you see those kinds of tears?” asked Nyoro, adding “What do you gain by doing such an animalistic thing to a fellow Kenyan? When a young person talks about a certain office held by an individual, they are talking about it because you are the one holding the office; if you have thin skin and you can’t take that, you exit.”
The MP said there was a need to get to the bottom of the matter since the whole nation was focused on the outcome of the ongoing investigations.
“As Kenyans, our expectations are that no one should try to gamble with the issue that we are dealing with in our country today. Whatever happened must be investigated thoroughly.”
On Monday 9 June 2025 during a presser outside the Central Police Station, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja said that Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat was the complainant in a case where Albert Omondi Ojwang was accused of slander.
In the process of investigations the deceased was arrested from his home in Homabay and transferred by DCI officers to Nairobi where he was apparently tortured to death.
The Law Society of Kenya among other civil society organizations have called for expeditious investigations in order to bring closure to the family of Albert Omondi Ojwang.
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