An autopsy conducted on the body of slain teacher Albert Ojwang has revealed that he died from blunt force trauma to the head, compression of the neck, and extensive soft tissue injuries—contradicting earlier claims that he sustained the injuries by hitting himself.
The post-mortem was carried out by a team of pathologists led by government pathologist Dr. Bernard Midia, who confirmed that Ojwang, who died while in custody at Central Police Station, suffered multiple injuries consistent with assault.
“He had head and neck injuries. There were other multiple injuries consistent with assault,” Dr. Midia stated after completing the examination on Tuesday.
The findings directly dispute the initial police report suggesting that Ojwang had inflicted injuries on himself by banging his head against a wall.
“When we examined … the pattern of the injury, especially on the trauma I found on the head…. Hitting against a blunt substance like a wall would have a pattern,” Dr. Midia explained.
He clarified that if Ojwang had struck a wall, there would likely be frontal bleeding. However, the injuries observed were more widespread.
“But the bleeds that we found on the scalp…on the skin of the head were spaced, including on the face, sides of the head, and the back of the head,” he said.
The autopsy also revealed that Ojwang had sustained multiple injuries on his hands, suggesting he may have attempted to defend himself during the assault.
Dr. Midia, who conducted the examination alongside the family’s pathologist representative, Mutuma Zambezi, ruled out any possibility of the injuries being self-inflicted.
