Langat was shot dead on March 23 by Corporal Muhammed Yusuf Keinan following a quarrel over a bet on a pool game at Kwa Mungai area in Dagoreti.
Ipoa, in a letter dated July 11, 2025, confirmed to the family lawyer Kipkoech Ng'etich that the matter has been concluded and the investigation file submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
“We refer to your letter dated July 8, 2025, Ref GKL/CIV/61/2025 and wish to inform you that the authority concluded independent investigations into the fatal shooting of Amos Langat, which occurred on February 23, 2025,” Ipoa stated in the letter signed by Mr E Lagat for the chief executive.
It states that the investigation file was forwarded to the ODPP for perusal and advice, but upon review, some gaps were identified, which are being fixed.
“We had earlier submitted the file, but the ODPP identified certain gaps and advised the authority to address them, before re-submitting the file for further consideration,” Ipoa stated in the letter.
The authority further stated: “Please be informed that the issues are currently being addressed and once resolved, the file will be returned to the ODPP as directed.”
“Kindly note that this matter is receiving the utmost attention, and any developments will be communicated to the family,” Ipoa stated.
The police watchdog’s response followed a letter written by Mr Ngetich on behalf of the family, amidst claims the case was not receiving the attention it warranted and might be swept under the carpet, and that the family might not get justice.
Nakuru lawyer, Bernhard Kipkoech Ngetich.
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The revelations come as the family from Arogyet village in Bureti constituency, Kericho County, cries for justice for their loved one, whom they said was their breadwinner.
The report at Muthangari Police Station under OB NO. 56/23/03/2025, states that a Ceska pistol was used in the shooting incident.
During an interview at Arogyet village, Cheplanget Location, in Kericho County,Daniel Kiplangat Sigei, the father of the deceased, revealed that neither Ipoa nor the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had informed the family of the progress of the investigations into the death.
“We are in the dark about the investigations, if any. Nobody has informed us about anything. Amos came home in February this year to supervise construction of a brick house he was constructing for his young family. That was the last time we saw him alive.The next time he was dead.But it seems the investigations have grown cold,” Mr Sigei said.
The family described the deceased as a humble, hardworking and disciplined person whose death devastated them to the core.
“All we want is justice for Amos. He was not a criminal to warrant the violent death that he was subjected to by a person known to him. He was a pillar to our family and we have not been left on our own with no one to look up to,” Mr Sigei stated in an interview.
Mrs Sarah Sigei, the mother of the deceased, said her son was the sole provider to the family.
The family fears that the matter may be forgotten and the suspect attached to State House left scot free.
“While we depend on the police to protect us as citizens, they stand accused of killing with impunity and my son is sadly now part of the statistics,” Sarah said.
Outside the unfinished house, Amos had started building, construction stones (hardcore) and bricks lie in two heaps, wasting away with no possibility that the family will complete it soon.
The incomplete house that was being constructed by Amos Langat, who was shot by a police officer attached to State House, in this photo taken on June 30, 2025.
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Ms Faith Langat, the widow, said she has faced a lot of challenges with the inability to meet the financial needs for her young child, now a part orphan.
“Raising rent, food and medication for the child and myself is a major issue as I do not have a source of income due to the fact that my late husband was the sole provider of the family,” Ms Langat said.
She said her husband who was providing for them while she was a shopkeeper, was employed as a driver in Nairobi at the time of his death.
“I spent time with him on the material day in the shop where I was working until around 3 pm, when he said he was going to Amboseli to meet his social friends. Little did I know that would be the last time I would be seeing him,” Ms Langat said.
At around 7 pm, her husband sent her Sh200 through M-pesa asking her to buy meat and vegetables for supper and promising to join her in a few minutes.
“I took a boda boda to the house from the shop with the child strapped on my back. In the course of preparing supper, I heard gun shots, but did not pay much attention to it,” Ms Langat said in an interview.
After about an hour, she called her husband, but his mobile phone was answered by a friend who said he had fallen sick and was rushed to Maria Immaculate Hospital.
Faith rushed to the hospital where she found her husband undergoing treatment. After a while, she was asked to go home as the friends took care of him at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
“The friends followed me to the house a while later and told me that he had not made it, that he had passed on. It was very devastating news,” Ms Langat said with tears trickling down her cheeks.
She said the government had not reached out to her or the other members of the family in relation to the murder and subsequent action taken against the police officer who shot him.
“I am appealing to the government to assist us get justice for Amos whose life was cut short in the most painful manner and for reasons that have not clearly been explained,” Ms Langat stated.
Mr Enock Langat was with his deceased brother shortly before he was shot by a police officer, who allegedly attempted to shoot him too.
“The two were playing a pool game at a club when I arrived and my brother bought me a soda which I sipped at a table away from where they were. After a short while, I saw the two – Amos and the police officer – get out of the club while engaged in an argument,” Enock stated.
“The officer shot at me, but I jumped as he aimed, with the bullet ripping through my motorcycle which was parked a few metres away,” he revealed.
When he missed, he allegedly pumped another two shots at Amos who was lying in a pool of blood at the scene, expending seven bullets on the victim.
He said the matter was reported to Ipoa and DCI, but no action had been taken against the culprit.
