Boniface Mwangi Leads Protest Demanding Justice for Abducted and Killed Gen-Z Protesters in Kenya

Activist Boniface Mwangi leading the Finance Bill 2024 protest in Nairobi CBD on June 18 | PHOTO/Boniface Mwangi

Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan photojournalist and activist, has announced a fresh march leading to President William Ruto’s office to demand justice for Gen-Z protesters abducted or killed during the #anti-tax protests.

Mwangi disclosed this in a statement on X, attaching a banner depicting a call for justice in extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances under Ruto’s administration.

As contained in the banner, the protest will be held at 2:30 PM in the East African country.

Mwangi further wrote that he would be presenting the names of those killed and the families of those who are still missing at the Harambee House.

The activist also invited active citizens and civil society representatives to join the march scheduled for today.

Families of the victims, active citizens, and civil society representatives will present a list of those who have disappeared to the Office of the President, he stated as contained in the announcement.

The protest is reportedly in response to Ruto’s infamous statement on August 29 while speaking at a Town Hall Session in Kisumu, where he maintained ignorance of any protesters’ disappearances or killings by the country’s security agencies during and after the June and July anti-tax protests.

After the session, Ruto tasked the Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo to follow up on the cases; hence, the follow-up protests ensured that the promised justices were kept.

Contrary to Ruto’s position on forceful disappearances, West Africa Weekly reported, on account of the President of Law Society of Kenya’s President, Faith Odhiambo, how three protesters abducted by Ruto’s administration regained freedom.

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