Fred Ogola: We’re secretly filming police violence to hold them accountable
By Steve Ireri, July 10, 2025Governance expert Fred Ogola has revealed that the opposition front is actively collecting detailed evidence of human rights violations during recent anti-government protests and intends to hold perpetrators accountable through a centralised portal and witness protection programme.
Speaking during an interview with a local TV station on Thursday, July 10, 2025, Ogolla explained that the group is now focusing on immediate action, including the documentation of incidents where protesters have been shot or harmed.
“At the moment I am saying this, but you may not realise it — in every scene where shooting is taking place, we have cameras capturing everything in detail. They are undercover, and you cannot tell who is taking the footage. We are collecting enormous data,” Ogolla said.
He noted that in nearly every location where shootings or violent dispersals have occurred, undercover teams equipped with cameras have been deployed to collect video and photographic evidence in real time, without the awareness of those involved.
According to him, the data being collected is extensive and precise, forming a growing body of proof that will be stored on a secure online portal.
He said the opposition intends to make this portal publicly accessible through their website, allowing citizens to submit cases and reports, which will then be cross-referenced and verified against footage already gathered.
“If you go to our website, there will be a portal where anyone can upload any case, and we will link it with the evidence we have already collected. So no one can say there is not enough evidence.”
Ogola affirmed that the goal is to ensure no claim goes unsupported and no perpetrator escapes accountability due to a lack of evidence.
He said there would be no room for excuses such as insufficient documentation, because the group is committed to building airtight cases.
Witness protection
Additionally, Ogolla stressed that a crucial part of the effort involves establishing systems to protect and secure witnesses who may testify or provide crucial information.
Ogola pointed out that the failure to secure witnesses was one of the key reasons President William Ruto’s previous International Criminal Court (ICC) case collapsed.
This time, he said, the opposition is determined to ensure that the loophole does not repeat itself.
“We are also working on how to protect and secure witnesses, because that is the reason Ruto’s ICC case never succeeded.”
In the same interview, Ogolla also disclosed that the opposition, under the leadership of people like Justin Muturi, has shifted its strategy from a long-term goal of “kumi bila break” to more urgent intervention, after recognising the pain Kenyans are currently facing.
He said that after internal consultations, it became clear that the ongoing suffering of the people could not be ignored while waiting to take power in the distant future.
“The united opposition, in their wisdom, decided that instead of waiting for power under slogans like ‘kumi bila break’, they needed to act now. Before, you would hear them sounding like, ‘when we take power…’, but after a meeting with JB Muturi, who is our chair, we discovered that the issues affecting Kenyans are painful right now. Waiting to take power is not the solution.”