Albert Ojwang’s case: Former Central OCS Talaam’s bail ruling postponed
By Zipporah Ngwatu, September 26, 2025The former Nairobi Central Police Station Officer Commanding Station (OCS), Samson Kiprotich Talaam, will remain in Nairobi remand until September 30, 2025, when the court will rule on his bail and bond application.
Talaam and his co-accused in the murder of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang, while he was detained at the Nairobi Central Police Station, are seeking to be released on bail or bond pending the hearing and determination of their case.
The bail application ruling was slated for today, Friday, September 26, 2025, but did not take place due to unavoidable circumstances.
Kibera Magistrate Daisy Mutai informed the court that the ruling that is supposed to be delivered by Kibera High Court Judge Diana Kavedza has been pushed to September 30, 2025.
“Take note that the ruling has been pushed to September 30, 2025, and it will be delivered in open court,” Magistrate Daisy stated.
Their release plea opposed
On July 30, 2025, Judge Kavedza ordered OCS Talaam, Police Constable James Mukhwana, Peter Kimani, John Ngige Gitau, Gin Ammitou Abwao, and Brian Mwaniki Njue to be remanded in custody after the state opposed their release on bond pending the hearing and determination of their murder trial.
The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) urged the judge to decline the request of the six accused persons to be released on bail or bond, stating that they are likely to interfere with key witnesses, some of whom are police officers.
“The accused persons have already interfered with key evidence, including CCTV footage at Central Police Station that captured the events of the night the blogger and teacher Albert Omondi Ojwang was murdered, and releasing them on bail may occasion further interference,” the prosecution told the judge.
Further, the DPP urged the court to consider the pre-bail report tendered in court by the probation officers, which is not in favour of the accused persons.
According to the probation report, it recommends that the accused persons should not be granted bail to ensure their safety since the public is still angered by the events that led to the death of blogger Ojwang in police custody.
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“My lady, the accused persons are suitable to be considered for bail or bond; however, given the current public safety and also the order situation being experienced in the country. For their own safety I recommend that the accused bail or bond be deferred to a later date when the country and the emotions are calm,” the probation report reads.
The prosecution also stated that the family of the deceased expressed their concern over the accused persons using proxies to interfere with the case if the court releases them on bail or bond.
“My lady, the family also expressed more fears after learning through the media of the resumption of duty of the complainant in the case that led to the arrest of the deceased; they view him as a person of great influence in the security,” part of the probation read.
However, the accused persons urged the court to release them on bail, saying they will comply with all the orders the court will issue.
On June 24, 2025, the six pleaded not guilty to the murder charge contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code, and a plea of not guilty was entered.