Report reveals Albert Ojwang was dead, bruised and cold on arrival at Mbagathi Hospital
A detailed report from Mbagathi Hospital reveals that Ojwang was brought in at 2 am from Central Police Station already lifeless and bearing extensive injuries consistent with a brutal assault.
New details have emerged indicating that blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang was already unresponsive, cold, and severely bruised when he was brought to Mbagathi Hospital, confirming fears that he may have died well before police claimed to have sought medical assistance.
According to a detailed incident report from Mbagathi Hospital, Ojwang was brought into the facility at 2 am from Nairobi’s Central Police Station. But instead of receiving emergency care, medical officers encountered a lifeless body with extensive injuries that suggested a brutal assault.
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“The male patient was unresponsive, had no spontaneous breathing, and his entire body was cold,” reads the report by the medical officer on duty, seen by Citizen TV.
“His face was swollen. There were multiple bruises on the body and limbs. Blood was oozing from the head, mouth, and eyes. The parieto-occipital region at the back of the head had a cut. There was no cardiac activity.”
Brought in dead
The officer concluded that Ojwang was “brought in dead.”
Nurses who were also on duty at the time reportedly confirmed the same, noting that all vital signs were absent.
The Patient Brought In Dead Notification of Death form was immediately filled out, and police officers present were instructed to proceed to Kenyatta National Hospital Police Post and later to the City Mortuary.
The revelations now contrast earlier police claims that Ojwang was found unresponsive in the police cell and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Police had initially reported that he had injured himself by hitting his head on the wall, an account that is now deeply undermined by both medical findings and a postmortem that indicated severe trauma.
Place of death
The Notification of Death form listed Central Police Station as the place of death, further contradicting claims that Ojwang was alive when he was taken to Mbagathi.
Ojwang was arrested by detectives in Homa Bay County over a controversial social media post and later transferred to Nairobi’s Central Police Station. He died just hours after his transfer.
So far, one officer, Police Constable James Mukhwana, based at Central Police Station, has been arrested in connection with Ojwang’s death and will be charged with murder.
“Please be informed that PC James Mukhwana of Central Police Station, Nairobi, was arrested today, 12/06/2025 and placed in custody at Capitol Hill Police Station by officers from IAU and IPOA. He is to be charged with the offence of murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code following the death of one Albert Ojwang,” reads a police report.
The Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) have now taken over the case.
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