SHOTLIST: NAIROBI, KENYA (JUNE 12, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF CARS BURNING IN STREET 2. VARIOUS OF GAS FUMING IN STREET/ PROTESTERS, JOURNALISTS RUNNING AWAY/ MAN WITH FACE INJURY RUNNING 3. WOMAN WAGGING FINGER TO POLICE, SHOUTING 4. MAN WITH FACE INJURY/ PEOPLE HELPING MAN SIT DOWN/ WASHING HIS WOUND 5. PROTESTER HOLDING KENYAN FLAG, CHANTING SLOGAN 6. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING/ CHANTING SLOGANS/ LYING ON GROUND/ HOLDING BANNERSNAIROBI, KENYA - JUNE 12: Hundreds of people on Thursday, June 12, protested in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, demanding the resignation of Deputy Inspector-General Eliud Lagat, following the death of popular schoolteacher, blogger, and X influencer Albert Ojwang while in police custody. Demonstrators carrying Kenyan flags and placards clogged major roads in downtown Nairobi, crippling traffic and forcing many businesses to close. Protesters marched through the streets, many draped in Kenyan flags, chanting for justice and holding a placard that read, "Stop Killing Us." Tensions escalated as youths hurled stones at officers, prompting police to deploy tear gas in running battles that lasted hours while protesters chanted unity slogans. However, anti-riot police dispersed the demonstrators who were waiting outside the National Police Service headquarters, Jogoo House, using tear gas. There was a contingent of police as they prevented protestors from accessing Parliament Road. At the heart of the unrest were chants of justice for Ojwang, a schoolteacher turned online commentator, who was arrested last weekend after posting a critical comment about the deputy inspector-general. While in police custody, he died under unclear circumstances. The heightened public anger comes amid ongoing investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) into Ojwang’s death. The authority has already suspended several officers linked to the case, but activists and civil society groups are demanding full accountability, including the removal of Lagat himself. The protest's timing also coincided with the presentation of Kenya’s 2025/2026 budget by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi. Ojwang was arrested in Homa Bay, a town in western Kenya, on Friday, June 6, over a post on X that was allegedly critical of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Eliud Lagat. He was subsequently transferred over 350 km (220 miles) to Nairobi and booked into the Central Police Station on Saturday. In an initial statement, police said that Mr Ojwang "sustained head injuries after hitting his head against a cell wall" while in custody. The protest comes almost exactly one year after deadly anti-government demonstrations rocked Nairobi and other cities during the 2024 budget season, when anger over rising taxes and the cost of living brought thousands into the streets. President William Ruto has condemned the incident as “heartbreaking and unacceptable” and called for a “swift, transparent, and credible investigation” into Ojwang’s death at the hands of the police.