DCI Amin blames digital OB for error in time stamp on Albert Ojwang's death
The DCI boss had on Thursday, June 12, 2025, told the legislators that officers at Central Police Station had conducted a routine checkup in the cells, with an OB entry having been made at 01:35 am confirming the well-being of the inmates.
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohammed Amin, has refuted allegations that he lied under oath when appearing before the Senate over the murder of teacher Albert Ajwang, who was killed after allegedly publishing "false" claims about the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Eliud Lagat.
Responding to whether Kenyans should continue to believe him regarding criminal investigations, Amin said his submission to the Senate was based on the entries of a digital Occurrence Book (OB) filed at Central Police Station.
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"It is good that I have an opportunity to explain that when I appeared before the Senate, I said that whatever I say before the Senate shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. For those who were following the proceedings, I was sharing with senators the timings of when the suspect was brought to the police station, when he was booked and when the officers went to Mbagathi. What I was reading was from the records in the digital OB; it was not what the DCI was saying. I was explaining to Kenyans what I was reading from the digital OB," said Amin.
The DCI boss had on Thursday, June 12, 2025, told senators that officers at Central Police Station had conducted a routine checkup in the cells, with an OB entry having been made at 01:35 am confirming the well-being of the inmates.
"At 0135 hrs, the same PC, Mohamed Hillow Abdullahi, again made an entry in the occurrence book. What did he say? Now duty officer IP Nganga and the cell sentry PC Kimani have visited the cells and found most of them well, apart from the last cell, where he found a prisoner, namely Albert Omondi Ojwang, who was alone in the cell making a lot of noise while kicking the cell walls," he said.
Later, his submission was negated by the revelations of CCTV footage by Citizen TV that showed when the police took the deceased to the hospital.
"DCI Mohammed Amin lied under oath. He must be prosecuted. When DCI Mohamed Amin appeared before Parliament and claimed that Albert Ojwang was found alive at 01:35 am in Central Police Station cells, he did not make a mistake. He lied under oath. This lie has now been demolished by timestamped CCTV footage from Mbagathi Hospital, which shows Albert's lifeless body being wheeled in by police officers at that same time, 01:35 am. You cannot be dead in Mbagathi and alive in police custody at the same time. One version is a lie. The lie came from the very man meant to uphold the integrity of criminal investigations in Kenya. This is perjury, punishable under Kenyan law. It is obstruction of justice. It is an abuse of office. It is active participation in a cover-up of murder. Amin must be arrested, suspended from office, and prosecuted without delay. The law cannot be enforced by those who break it," Willis Otieno, a senior counsel, wrote on social media.
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