By Reporter
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has completed investigations into the fatal shooting of former County Assembly of Siaya clerk Felix Olwero and forwarded the file for action by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
In a communication by Rashid Wekesa, Assistant Director, Kisumu office, dated 23rd March 2025, they said they forwarded the file to ODPP on March 12th 2026 and hope to be guided on further direction.
Earlier ODPP had written to IPOA after a complaint by a civic body petitioned it over silence over the murder of the former clerk, with the suspect alleged to have shot the victim having not been charged in court.
“It is now with deep dismay that we note the deafening silence from IPOA, the DCI, and the ODPP regarding this matter. The identity of the officer who pulled the trigger is known, yet no action has been taken to investigate, suspend, or prosecute those responsible. The circumstances of Mr. Olwero’s death remain shrouded in mystery, and the lack of official communication only fuels public suspicion of a cover-up,” wrote Chris Owala, Executive Director, CIAG-Kenya.
ODPP responded by writing to the Chief Executive Officer of IPOA on 20th February 2026, captioned “Follow up and urgent demand for justice in the death of Felix Isaac Olwero – case of police excesses and extrajudicial execution.”
Robert Onyiembo, Deputy Director, directed IPOA to undertake comprehensive and thorough investigations into the allegations alluded to in the petition.
“We are in receipt of a letter through email from one Chris Owala, Executive Director – Community Initiative Action Group Kenya. We note that the complaint is in relation to a death allegedly caused by a police officer,” he wrote.
The former clerk with the Siaya County Assembly was shot dead near his restaurant in what police termed as a case of mistaken identity in Kombewa, Kisumu County.
Olwero, 50, died in a shooting incident that happened at his resort after police had been called there to respond to a case of failed burglary in the area.
Owala claimed Olwero was shot at close range inside his own home in Alwala, Seme Kombewa, on the night of 17th August 2025—the foulest murder in cold blood.
“The police’s claim of ‘mistaken identity’ does not withstand scrutiny. This was not an accident; it bears all the hallmarks of a targeted assassination, enabled by police abuse of power,” he claimed.
Owala claimed more disturbing was the fact that glaring inconsistencies and outright lies provided by police during the initial stages of this investigation have been completely ignored.
“These discrepancies cast serious doubt on the integrity of the official police narrative and demand independent forensic and investigative scrutiny,” he said.
