Eliud Lagat steps aside amid uproar over death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang in detention
BBC NewsJUN 2025
Lagat has stepped aside to show his commitment to the rule of law and try to appease politically motivated calls for him to resign. There's nothing linking him to what happened to Ojwang, except for his lawful exercise of a constitutional right to file a defamation complaint against the individual who died while in police custody.
Stepping aside is a hollow theatrical gesture designed to calm public anger without real accountability. Lagat will continue in the shadows of power while under suspicion for a heinous crime, in a mockery of justice and the Constitution, unless he resigns outright.
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