Do not carry the burdens of your bosses

The arrest of Albert Ojwang wasn’t just a routine police operation. It was a calculated strike, a chilling message wrapped in handcuffs and delivered with absolute lethal force.

His words, patriotic and unyielding, triggered a response so disproportionate it defies reason.

And the question on everyone’s mind (if by ‘everyone’ you mean our very able security forces who would pluck a fly out of the sky in the middle of a forest if they wanted to) Who did it? Such a mystery, right?

Okay, let’s narrow this down then. Who has the audacity to order an arrest 400 kilometres away, to drag a man from his home to Nairobi’s Central Police Station?

Who could orchestrate such violence, meted out by uniformed hands, and then coax official police channels to spew a lie that Albert’s death was self-inflicted?

That leaves us with around 50 people with that level of influence in this country. Out of all these, who, specifically, could have the motive to do this?

The shadow of a single figure looms large, a man perched high enough to pull these strings with impunity. We don’t need to name him—his fingerprints are all over this tragedy.

But here’s another grim twist: every officer entangled in this mess is now a marked man — right from the junior cops, who cuffed Albert to the ones who stood watch as his life drained away.

When the heat rises — and I can assure them it hasn’t yet risen — they’ll be collateral damage in a frivolous attempt to shield one man’s ego outburst from consequences.

It is the junior cops who will be thrown under the bus first, and if they try to claw their way out from it, the consequences could be darker than death. Loyalty to the badge won’t save them this time. It’s every man for himself, and hopefully, no God for them!

Wielding constitutional power feels invincible when you’re the one swinging the baton. It’s a rush, a godlike authority to silence dissent with orders from above.

But when that same power turns inward, when the machinery of state violence locks onto you, it’s a different story. The uniform that once shielded you becomes a target.

The orders you followed blindly now chain you to a sinking ship. Those who cheered as Albert was dragged away might soon taste the bitter irony of their own vulnerability.

No one is untouchable when the system decides to clean house. And clean house it will, because the public’s rage is a fire that won’t be doused.

The chickens are circling, ready to roost. The mastermind behind Albert’s death must know they’re no longer insulated, cloaked in rank and privilege.

The truth has a way of clawing through the dirt, and in the era of social media, that truth has a way of finding itself in every home before the propaganda machine has time to try and get ahead of the story. Justice is coming, and it won’t be gentle.

The legal battle ahead will be a beast — costly, protracted, and merciless. Courtrooms will hum under the glare of a nation’s scrutiny. This is not another random criminal case.

The resources to fight this case will be borne solely by the officers and their families, then maybe they’ll start to truly understand that the constitution precedes their chain of command.

Kenyans, in their grief and rage, have also turned this into a hunt. The families of the powerful must feel the public’s gaze, their names, location and contacts plastered all over the internet.

Now, I personally think dragging kin into the fray is a low blow. But let’s be real: it’s time the elite tasted the dread that grips the rest of the parents.

When your child leaves the house, you’re sure they’ll be back, since you control the command chain that institutes violence on other people’s children. When I miss a call from my mum, she wants to collapse.

Why should some parents sleep soundly, certain their kids are untouchable, while others live in terror of a lawless state?

Albert did nothing but speak. His father, Meshack, stood broken, clutching a title deed he hoped would free his son.

Now let all parents bear the weight of a lawless country, let all parents carry the fear of losing children who have done nothing wrong.

Because for once, they have faced a command chain that won’t be tamed. One that is as erratic as it is amorphous. That moves with speed.

A faceless one. That adjusts intent on the go. The anarchy you so carefully tended to is grown now. It is coming for your families and your children. And it’s bigger than you. Congratulations.

If those in power mishandle this case, if they parade a sham investigation or dangle scapegoats, they’re playing with fire. June 25, 2025, looms — the anniversary of last year’s protests, when the youth shook the nation’s core. Today’s youth are educated, connected, and seething.

They’ve got very little left to lose. Treat them to a circus, and the fallout could be seismic. Streets could burn, not with aimless chaos, but with the precision of a generation that knows its enemy.

Albert’s death isn’t just a tragedy; it’s a spark. The government can douse it with truth and accountability, or fan it into an inferno.

We stand at a crossroads. Albert Ojwang’s blood stains the hands of a system that thrives on silence.

The rogue police officers, who carried out this deed, the ones who thought they were untouchable, are learning a brutal lesson: when the storm breaks, you’re on your own, and the nation will watch, unblinking. Justice for Albert isn’t a cry for help — it’s a demand that echoes from Homa Bay to Nairobi. Ignore it, and the consequences will carve scars deeper than any of us can imagine.

The clock is ticking, and Kenya’s soul is on the line.

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