David Chege, one of the young individuals killed by police during the country’s anti-tax protests, was laid to rest on Tuesday at his parents’ Turiru village home in Mang’u, Gatundu North.
Chege lost his life outside Kenya’s parliament when a crowd of protesters overwhelmed anti-riot police, breaking into the August house as the demonstrations escalated. His funeral drew a small group of Kenyan activists, including Haki Africa’s Khalid Hussein, Boniface Mwangi, and Hanifa Adan.
Before his tragic death, Chege was a celebrated IT professional and a Sunday school teacher at the Jubilee Christian Church, with plans to travel to Germany. During the event, family members demanded justice for their cousin, asserting that Chege was shot by a sniper.
Notably absent from the funeral were politicians, while mourners decried police brutality and draped the national flag around their necks. Activists presented Chege’s family with a flag, emphasizing that he had paid the ultimate price for his patriotism.
Activist Boniface Mwangi urged Kenyans to persist in their fight against bad leadership, suggesting they replace President Ruto’s portrait with a photo of the Kenyan flag. Despite the government’s claim that 25 people died during protests across the country, Rights Groups dispute this figure, placing the death toll much higher at 43
