City lawyer Willis Evans Otieno has gone hard on Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris after she appeared to defend Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat over the shocking death of Albert Ojwang.
In a strongly worded post on X (formerly Twitter), Otieno tore into Passaris for suggesting that DIG Langat seemed unaware of the murder when news broke.
Passaris had written that she was with Langat at a public meeting and that his face showed “genuine surprise.” She called for impartial investigations and said Langat did not look like someone who knew anything about the killing.
But Otieno was having none of it.
“You sat next to the Deputy Inspector General and thought his ‘surprise face’ was proof of innocence?” he wrote, directly addressing Passaris. “Madam Retard, Albert was tortured and murdered under his command and you think you’re giving us insight? You’re not a witness. You’re a prop. A cheap one.”
Lawyer Willis Evans Otieno during a past function
He continued to blast her statement as empty and out of touch with the pain many Kenyans are feeling.
“You weren’t there when Albert screamed. You didn’t hear the zip ties tighten. But here you are, clumsily shielding power with your perfume-drenched stupidity,” Otieno added in the post that has since sparked sharp reactions online.
Passaris, in her earlier post, had said: “ I was with the Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat during a Kenya Alliance of Residents Association meeting on Sunday when the news broke. He was completely out of the loop… Let the investigations be thorough and impartial.”
Nairobi Women rep Esther Passaris during a past Parliamentary meeting
Albert Ojwang’s death has stirred public anger, with many demanding answers and justice. His killing, which has signs of torture, is being linked to police officers. DIG Langat is among those being questioned by the public.
As Kenyans continue to demand #JusticeForAlbertOjwang, the war of words between leaders is adding heat to a case that is already burning with emotion.