Also known as: Dr Peter Kimani · Lawyer Peter Kimani · Police Constable Peter Kimani · Constable Kimani · Peter Kimani Gitau
Peter Kimani — Police Constable charged in connection with detainee Albert Ojwang's death at Nairobi Central Police Station in June 2025.
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The Standard
Audio By Vocalize The late 23-year-old Peter Kimani Gitau, allegedly shot by a police officer near the Del Monte fence in Murang’a County on Saturday, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, an autopsy has revealed.Forensic pathologist Dr Bernard Midia, who conducted the p …
Peter Kimani was shot in the chest, autopsy revealsCapital News
… Six people have been charged with his murder, including 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. …
Albert Ojwang murder trial adjourned to December after CCTV evidence tracks final hoursCitizen Digital
… During the earlier proceedings before the Kibera High Court, a protected witness identified Police Constable Peter Kimani as the officer serving as the cell sentry on the material night. …
CCTV footage shows Albert Ojwang alive moments before being locked in police cellsCitizen Digital
CCTV shows Constable Kimani as cell sentry on night of Ojwang murder By Dzuya Walter July 21, 2026 12:12 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter CCTV footage shows movement of Police Constable Peter Kimani the cell …
CCTV shows Constable Kimani as cell sentry on night of Ojwang murderCapital News
… 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. …
Protected witness tells court OCS ordered CCTV footage formatted after Albert Ojwang’s deathCitizen Digital
… Nakuru-based KTN cameraman Peter Kimani was reportedly assaulted by hooded men who had arrived in two vehicles, one of which had concealed registration plates. …
Three injured as DCP, UDA supporters clash ahead of Ol Kalou by-electionThe Standard
… Lawyer Peter Kimani, who represents the traders, said that they bought the land legally and had obtained all the legal documents, including the title deed.“My clients have a court order to fence this land but the security team has stopped the exercise for two weeks to go through …
State stops subdivision of 955-acre land in NaivashaThe Standard
A prominent Kenyan author, journalist, and academic, Dr Peter Kimani, is seeking tens of millions of shillings from his employer, Aga Khan University, for alleged discrimination, underpayment and unfair labour practices. …
Author Kimani sues Aga Khan University, citing discriminationThe Standard
… Naivasha Municipality Chair Peter Kimani said the high rate of urbanisation had brought a myriad of challenges to county units, which needed adequate resources to address them urgently.Kimani said the lack of funding to cities and municipalities had affected emergency response, c …
Counties push for infrastructure fund allocation to support urban growthThe Standard
… Rather, I argue that the drive to align fiction with educational objectives has stifled the local publication of works like Nairobi Noir, a collection of contemporary stories edited by Peter Kimani and published by Akashic Books as part of its global Noir Series.Beyond the pressu …
How smartphones and textbooks squeezed out the popular novelAn autopsy on 23-year-old Peter Kimani, allegedly shot by a police officer near Del Monte fence in Murang'a County on Saturday, found he died from a single penetrating gunshot wound to the chest that caused vascular and lung injuries leading to massive haemorrhage. A bullet fragment was recovered during the examination and handed to investigators.
28 August 2026 · The Standard →
An autopsy on 23-year-old Peter Kimani, allegedly shot by a police officer near Del Monte fence in Murang'a County on Saturday, found he died from a single penetrating gunshot wound to the chest that caused vascular and lung injuries leading to massive haemorrhage. A bullet fragment was recovered during the examination and handed to investigators.
28 August 2026 · The Standard →
The Kibera High Court has adjourned the murder trial of six people charged in Albert Ojwang's death in police custody until December 14, 2026, after prosecutors presented CCTV footage from Mbagathi Hospital showing police officers transporting Ojwang from Central Police Station on June 9, 2025, and later departing with his body.
22 July 2026 · Capital News →
CCTV footage presented in a Nairobi High Court hearing showed teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang arriving alive at Nairobi Central Police Station on June 7, 2025, and making phone calls before being escorted to holding cells where prosecutors allege he was fatally assaulted. An IPOA forensic investigator testified that the station's CCTV system power cable had been disconnected and hard drives formatted on June 8.
21 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A protected prosecution witness testified in the Albert Omondi Ojwang murder trial that CCTV footage showed Police Constable Peter Kimani serving as the cell sentry at Nairobi Central Police Station on the night of June 7 and 8, 2025; the witness explained that the cell sentry is the only officer authorized to grant or deny access to police cells.
21 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A protected witness told the High Court that he was instructed to format the CCTV recording system at Nairobi's Central Police Station, erasing surveillance footage around the time detainee Albert Ojwang died in custody. Six police officers and civilians, including former OCS Samson Kiprotich Talaam, are on trial for murder in connection with Ojwang's death.
20 July 2026 · Capital News →
Three people were injured and two vehicles extensively damaged when supporters of rival political camps clashed while campaigning for the upcoming Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election. Transport along the Gilgil–Ol Kalou road was halted on Saturday after police fired in the air to disperse groups that had barricaded the highway.
11 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The government has stopped the subdivision of a 955-acre farm in Naivasha that is contested by a research institution, four traders, and the community. Despite a court order granting the traders the right to fence 400 acres, the State intervened after armed residents blocked the fencing exercise to prevent a clash.
30 June 2026 · The Standard →
Dr Peter Kimani, a prominent Kenyan author and academic, filed a civil suit in the Employment and Labour Relations Court seeking tens of millions of shillings from Aga Khan University, alleging discrimination, underpayment, unfair labour practices, and unlawful salary deductions during COVID-19. The university has denied all claims and argued the case is time-barred.
16 June 2026 · The Standard →
County governments are warning of a crisis in urban centres as rural-urban migration strains services, and municipal heads are now seeking a share of the National Infrastructure Fund to develop infrastructure and promote economic development. According to the Chair of the County Executive Committee Members in charge of Lands and Planning, 50 per cent of Kenya's population will be living in urban areas within the next 20 years, with the urbanisation rate having reached 3.4 per cent.
16 June 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece argues that despite technological constraints on printing in the 1980s–1990s, popular East African fiction thrived during that period but has since declined, with the author attributing the shift to smartphones and textbooks replacing mass-market entertainment novels.
6 June 2026 · The Standard →