Mask vendor Boniface Kariuki is dead

Jun 30, 2025 - 18:04
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Mask vendor Boniface Kariuki is dead

Hawker Bonface Mwangi Kariuki, who was shot at close range during the June 17 demonstration in Nairobi, is dead.

Family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said he passed on Monday at 3.15 pm.

He had been in the ICU at Kenyatta National Hospital since June 17, when he was shot in the city center.

An official at the hospital also confirmed he had died.

“It is true he passed on more than an hour ago. The family will give you more details,” said the official.

Family spokesperson Wanjira had Sunday said they were called by the hospital at midnight on Saturday and informed of the patient's state of being brain dead.

He was on a support machine.

Two police officers who were involved in the drama that was caught on camera are in custody as police investigate the same.

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