Protected witness tells court OCS ordered CCTV footage formatted after Albert Ojwang’s death

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The testimony came as prosecutors presented three witnesses in the murder trial of six police officers and civilians accused over Ojwang’s death, with the evidence centering on the alleged destruction of key digital evidence.

The accused are former Central Police Station Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Samson Kiprotich Talaam, alongside James Mukhwana, Peter Kimani, John Ngige Gitau, Gin Ammitou Abwao and Brian Mwaniki Njue.

The prosecution team, led by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Jalso Makori, together with Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Wangui Gichuhi and Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Duncan Ondimu, presented the witnesses before Justice Diana Kavedza at the High Court in Kibera.

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The first witness, identified only as DAN under witness protection, testified that he installed the station’s CCTV surveillance system in 2024 and was summoned to Central Police Station on June 8, 2025.

According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the witness “was instructed to erase CCTV footage recorded on 6th and 7th June 2025.”

DAN told the court that selectively deleting recordings for only those two days was technically impossible.

“The witness told the court that deleting footage for only the specified dates was not technically possible and that the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) would instead require formatting,” the ODPP said in a statement.

The witness testified that after obtaining approval from the OCS, he logged into the CCTV system using the records office credentials, confirmed that footage for the two dates existed, and proceeded to format the DVR without viewing the recordings.

He further testified that he was paid Sh3,000 by the first accused, Talaam, after completing the task.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya

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