A post-mortem examination conducted on Saturday reportedly found no external injuries consistent with an assault. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man at the Kitengela police station. Eric Otieno a Kenyan-American citizen, is alleged to have died inside the station’s cells after he was arrested together with two friends while leaving a nightclub on September 18. His family alleges neglect by police officer as he had underlying conditions, maintaining he had committed no offence when he was arrested.”Sasa ameshikwa akitoka kwa clabu hapo barabara ya deliverance akaniambia I think they need just 1000 bob,” said David Mwangi.Georginah Mwawasi, his wife, said that Otieno was arrested by plain-cloth officers, arguing that he made no offence. “The others were put in cuffs but he was not cuffed and they were put in the lorry. According to the message he sent he said ‘there’s no reason why we are being taken in’,” she narrated. One of the men arrested alongside Otieno gave an account on the incident that raises more questions about what happened inside the station.He claims Otieno known by his street name, J, offered to clean the cells in exchange for his release.But what began as an apparent attempt to secure his freedom would take a deadly turn. "He was rolling down and I started seeing him convulsing an...
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