Dan Kakai: Teen Tragically Shot by Police En Route to Barber Dies
Dan Kakai, a secondary school student shot during anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests, has succumbed to his injuries.
The Form Two student from Siritanyi Secondary School was reportedly shot by the police on Tuesday, June 25.
According to Ikuweikuwe Updates, the young man was an orphan living with his grandmother, identified as Mama Sammy.
How was Kakai shot
The young lad revealed that he was going to the barber during the protests when he felt he had been shot from the back.
Kakai claimed the police officers left him writhing in pain, and it took the help of a man he only knew as Edu to reach the hospital.
He appealed for justice, calling on the government to act on the rogue police officers who shot him in the abdomen.
“I was coming from school and heading to get a haircut. When I reached the top near the post office, I felt a bullet hit me in the back. When I looked, a police officer had shot me; I don’t even know how I ended up in the hospital. They hurt me and just left me there.
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A Good Samaritan named Edu came and took me to the hospital, where I was treated. That’s why I am here now. I want those who did this to face justice. They did not do the right thing. We were not being provocative. I was just minding my own business,” he struggled to say in an interview.
Several protesters were shot outside the parliament building
Earlier, Gossipa2z.com reported that peaceful protests against the Finance Bill escalated into chaos after a majority of Kenya Kwanza MPs passed the controversial 2024 Finance Bill, advancing it to the next stage.
Angry youths overpowered police officers as they tried to access the National Assembly following the passage of the controversial bill by MPs.
In response, police resorted to using live ammunition to scatter the protesters.
Sadly, at least two bodies were seen outside the parliament building as authorities intensified efforts to regain control.
Anti-finance bill demos
The anti-finance bill protests were held for the third time on Thursday, June 27, with the bigwig organizers taking a back seat.
This was a day after President William Ruto declined to assent to the Finance Bill 2024, whose tax measures triggered countrywide resistance.
The climax of the protests was the breach of the National Assembly on Tuesday, June 25.
Dan Kakai: Teen Tragically Shot by Police En Route to Barber Dies