Families demand justice after deaths in anti-fuel protests

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]the fuel crisis. Are you And with the aftermath of Monday's farewell demonstrations, and families across the country continue to demand for accountability from the state. The majority of the families insist that their kin were innocent bystanders, and therefore fell casualties, and were not part of the demonstrations. In Kakamega County, the family of Derrick Masha, a student at Sigalagala Polytechnic, is calling for accountability, saying that there are efforts to conceal the motive of his killing. As Franklin Wallah tells us in the following report.

[00:00:38]Asumba Modulinga's Overshito Village in Kakamega County. Here, the family of Derrick Masha is struggling to come to terms with his death. Derrick was a second-year student at the Sigalagala National Polytechnic.

[00:00:54]His life was cut short during Monday's deadly protest.

[00:01:07]They now allege of a plot by the police to conceal the killing.

[00:01:27]That means the government is in it.

[00:01:30]It is tender it Kenya knew it. So, the government or police when you are You can see what you have done to the family.

[00:01:44]The family claims that the police are obstructing them from pursuing justice by refusing to issue an occurrence book number.

[00:01:53]I don't know what I want to be a post mortem at 15,000.

[00:01:58]Derrick's single mother Rhoda Shatila, says she has nowhere to bury the son, let alone the mortuary bill and burial expenses. As Derek's family struggles through this grieving period, another family in Nairobi has begun a daunting journey to find justice. Their 20-year-old daughter, Prudence Imali, was shot dead in Marurui, Nairobi.

[00:02:29]Across the country, the affected families stand firm, united in their demand for accountability and justice for the lives lost. They are also calling on the state to foot the burial and mortuary bills that have come with these tragic killings.

[00:02:52]We wishers wherever they are.

[00:03:03]He is still out there. As the coffins prepare to be laid to rest, the cry for justice echoes from Kakamega to Nairobi.

[00:03:11]Franklin Walah, Citizen TV.

[00:03:14]All right, straight to the bench, folks.

[00:03:16]And now, the four gentlemen I introduced to you earlier are here. And we're going to begin with the man who's been