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| Anti finance protests in Kenya |
On June 25, protesters against the Finance Bill 2024 stopped chanting and running battles with the police to honour one of them who lay dead outside parliament buildings. A man gesturing that he had come in peace. What killed the young man? The protests started in the morning and went all the way up to parliament buildings, where chaos erupted, and it all culminated in the death of eight protesters. One of the bodies that lay dead outside the parliament buildings turned out to be the brother of a plainclothes police officer who had been deployed to deal with demonstrators throughout the day. When the man saw his brother dead, he cried uncontrollably and rolled on the ground, because it was all too much for him to bear. Fellow protesters also surrounded the body and started singing the national anthem in honour of their fellow hero. Netizens reacted to the video shared on Twitter, saying the death of the young man was unfortunate. Reactions as Kenyans sing national anthem Xasna Dooreeh: “R.I.P ️ what touched me is when they said we will not be slaves like our ancestors. ️❤️.” Wake Up!: “Na, Nigerians aren’t ready… salute to the fallen Kenyan brave brave souls.” Afro Finest : “I’m shattered.” Anonymous: “The guy on the ground wailing is a police officer too. Sad he lost a brother to one of their own.” G.Yasuke: “This hit me way too hard this pain in my chest! Someone must PAY! RIP comrade ️ it was not in vain✊.” otenyo alex: “What’s in this bill that’s so important than human life… isn’t it better we sunk into debts than killing citizen,tutalipa hizo madeni bora tuko hai.” Tipape: “Mkuki kwa nguruwe ni mtamu Ila uchungu kwa binadamu. Rest in peace champ!” -™: “This warrior deserves respect,not only to him but to the family that raised this warrior.”
by Susan Mwenesi