A group of mourners stormed and burnt down a section of a police station where teacher Albert Ojwang was briefly held before he was moved to Nairobi for further processing.
Ojwang died at the Central police station in Nairobi after a brutal assault by police and civilians.
He had been arrested from his rural home and held briefly at the Mawego police station.
He was then moved to Nairobi where he died.
This has caused a huge storm.
On Thursday, an angry group that accompanied the body to the village ahead of the burial turned violent and set the station on fire.
This happened as police on duty took cover.
Police watched from a distance amid the chaos.
The mourners had visited the station as a formality as they carried the casket of the teacher while headed to his home.
As they left, another group remained behind and set the section of the station on fire.
They said they were angry at the killing of Ojwang.
Ojwang is set to be buried on Friday July 4.
Following the incident, Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police Eliud Lagat stepped aside on June 16, pending the outcome of investigations into the death of Ojwang.
Lagat faced mounting pressure from opposition figures and human rights groups following Ojwang’s death.
In a statement, Lagat said he was stepping aside in the “good and conscious thought” of his responsibilities as Deputy Inspector General, to allow for independent investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA).
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