Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat ‘steps aside’

The Deputy Inspector General of the National Police Service Eliud Lagat at the Bunge Towers Nairobi on November 7, 2024.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

Kenya’s Deputy Inspector-General of Police Eliud Lagat says he has opted to “step aside” following the controversial death of Albert Ojwang’, pending completion of investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority.

Lagat was the complainant in a case that led to Ojwang’s arrest in Homa Bay in western Kenya.