Two individuals accused of tampering with CCTV footage at Central Police Station following the alleged murder of teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang have been arraigned at the Kibera Law Courts.

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is expected to request more time to hold the suspects as investigations continue.

One of the suspects is a technician who admitted to being involved in efforts to interfere with the station’s surveillance system. Police said he was arrested during a targeted operation at his Saika residence on Friday morning.

The technician told police that in 2024, a woman contracted him to install CCTV cameras at the station.

He supplied and installed 25 cameras and a DVR with 30-day storage capacity, covering the report office, corridors, both floors, and the parking yard. Although he had been called back occasionally for maintenance, he said visits were infrequent.

According to his statement, on June 8, 2025, at 6:22 am, a police officer from the station called and summoned him urgently. Upon arrival, he was escorted to a senior officer’s office where the DVR was housed and asked to delete footage from June 6 and 7.

He said he informed the officer that it was not possible to delete specific days and explained that formatting the drive would erase all data and reset the system. He added that he did not remove anything from the DVR but received Sh3,000 from the officer after completing the task.

The next day, on June 9, at 6:28 am, the same officer allegedly called him again, asking him to return with a new hard drive to replace the existing one.

The technician said he was advised not to wear reflective clothing or anything that could identify him as a technician.

Since shops were closed, he proceeded to the station without a new hard drive and found the DVR had already been opened and tampered with. He was told to return later.

At 12:07 pm, the officer contacted him again, but he was unavailable as he was working in Westlands.

He further said the officer informed him that his number had been shared with an IPOA official who was seeking help retrieving the deleted footage.

When contacted by the IPOA official, he declined to assist due to work obligations and concern over reports of a death at the station, but instead sent a colleague.

Police said detectives are pursuing at least three more suspects, some of whom are believed to be in hiding. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is assisting IPOA with the probe.

So far, at least 23 people have recorded statements, including 17 police officers from the DCI and Central and Mawego police stations.