By George Ndeto,

Nairobi’s Central Police Station is fast gaining a reputation as a jinxed station, with some quarters whispering that the facility might as well be occupied by ghosts.

In under a year, the strategic police post has morphed from a standard law enforcement hub into a dramatic revolving door of high-profile scandals, mysterious deaths, and sudden career downfalls for its commanding officers.

The dark cloud hanging over the station became undeniable following the controversial arrest of Homa Bay blogger Albert Ojwang. DCI detectives tracked the digital creator over 350 kilometres from his home following a social media complaint by Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat.

Instead of being processed locally, Ojwang was driven all the way to Nairobi and booked into the Central Police Station cells. Within hours, the healthy blogger was found unconscious and later pronounced dead.

While early police statements absurdly claimed Ojwang casually hit his head against a cell wall, a state autopsy brutally shattered the cover-up.

The pathologist revealed Ojwang was actually assaulted to death, suffering severe head and neck compression. The fallout was swift and merciless.

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) moved in, and the then OCS, Samson Talaam, was interdicted and hauled to court alongside other rogue officers for murder and attempting to tamper with the station’s CCTV footage.

Just when Kenyans thought the station would quietly purge its bad omen, a fresh crisis erupted under its new leadership. DCI officers arrested and detained 64 protestors during nationwide transport sector strikes and locked them up at the station.

However, in a shocking twist, the new OCS, Chief Inspector Dishon Angoya, defied his bosses and released all 64 suspects from custody.
Higher authorities immediately threw Angoya into the boiler room.

Senior police bosses accused him of abuse of office and releasing prisoners without lawful authority. In a dramatic escalation, Angoya was arrested by the Deputy Regional Police Commander, only to develop sudden high blood pressure complications that landed him under tight police guard at Lang’ata Hospital.

While massive public pressure from activists and lawyers secured his unconditional release, the ongoing probe leaves his career hanging by a thread. Whether it is a literal curse or just the toxic nature of Nairobi’s political policing, Central Police Station remains a dangerous hotspot where careers and lives go to die.