When appearing before the parliament last Wednesday, police chief Douglas Kanja was forced to retract an earlier police statement that said that Mr Ojwang was found unconscious in his cell and rushed to hospital, where he died of head injuries sustained after he banged his own head against a wall.

Kenya’s deputy police chief has stepped aside as investigations into the death of a blogger while in custody continue.

Protests erupted in Nairobi after 31-year-old blogger Albert Ojwang's death in police custody, following accusations of extrajudicial killings by security forces. An independent autopsy suggested assault,