A 23-year-old boda boda rider died in Kenyan police custody just four hours after his arrest on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Kawangware police post in Nairobi, raising fresh concerns about deaths in detention.

• The police claim the man died by suicide using a T-shirt, but his family disputes this account, noting the body still wore the same clothes and a mark on his neck suggests strangulation by wire.
• This incident follows the death of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang in police custody in June 2025, where an autopsy revealed severe injuries contrary to initial police reports.
• A report by the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) on December 10, 2025, revealed that 97 people were killed by police this year alone, with 18 dying in custody.
• The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations into both cases.