Male
Age:
49
Location of Incident:
Pap Onditi, Kisumu
Manner of Death:
Torture
Perpetrator:
police officers from Pap Onditi Police Station
Status of Case:
No arrest
Date of Incident:
Occupation:
Unknown
According to sources, police officers based at Pap Onditi Police Station arrested Benson Jacob Ouma on June 19, 2021 at Sondu Market for not wearing a mask properly. Witnesses allege that he was severely brutalised before being bundled into a waiting police vehicle and taken for overnight detention at Pap Onditi Police Station. Witnesses allege that he was severely brutalised before being bundled into a police vehicle and taken for overnight detention at Pap Onditi Police Station. The following morning, his wife recieved a call from the Police asking her to come and take her husband to hospital. She took him to Sigowet Hospital and were referred to Kericho District Hospital. Check-ups revealed that he had broken his spinal cord and had to be admitted. He stayed in hospital for 2 months as he couldn't support himself or even eat solid food. He was referred to Eldoret Refferal Hospital for corrective surgery but before the family could raise the requested medical fee, he painfully succumbed to his injuries on October 9, 2021.
