Kenian mother mourns 12-year-old shot watching TV during protest in Saba Saba

On Monday, as anti-government protests were launched in parts of Kenya, 12-year-old Bridgit Njoki seated watching television in his family’s modest home.

He did not know that the deadly blast between protesters and armed police in Kenya will find his sin in sin.

A bullet pierced on the roof, punched the ceiling and attacking Njoki on the head, his mother, Lucy Nugi, told the BBC. For hours, he declared dead in hospital.

“He is all my,” said Ms. of Ms, while crying at his house outside the capital, Nairobi. “He is all I have.”

“Let me be the last mother to cry for the death of a child. An innocent child. I hope he is still playing outside … but inside the house?

Njoki is one of the youngest victims of violence stoning Kenya last month. According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), almost 70 people died and hundreds were injured in three major protests occurred since 17 June.

Protests – generally led by young Kenyans – shows growth without significant issues such as cost of living, tax hike, and public violence.

On 7 July, the day died, authorities changed major ways to prepare for demonstrations.

The video evidence shows police officers, and in some cases, live phase of residential areas where protesters are regrowing.

“The bullet came to the roof of the house. It entered the ceiling, where Njoki sat in a chair,” Njoki Njoki, Margaret Njeri.

“Immediately, his mother hugged her and shouted at my house: ‘Mum, shot my son!’ I don’t even hold the kid. “

The family thinks away from violent blows, given them to ndumberi, a village nearly two kilometers (1.2 miles) from a main road.

“I’m sure it’s a bullet,” said Njoki’s mother. “The bang that hit the roof very loud. Very loud.”

Police expelled family claims, which insisted a bullet could not travel from the main road to their home. But Njoki’s lifeless body tells different stories.

A report from the post-mortational examination of the 12-year-old that doctors claim a bullet from his body, and that his head injury “is in accordance with a Gunhot”.

Njoki was a student in Grade 7 at Benson Njau School in Ting’a, a nearby village. As the firstborn of the family, he was a caregiver, assistant, and pride in the household.

“He was always a number in his class,” as his grandmother. “So obedient, more specific, smooth.

“Even when he said. He was a good woman. She likes church service. He helped his brothers. He was cooking.”

Njoki’s mother describes him “a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl, with lots of dreams”.

Her father was crushed, unable to say. His brothers were also silent. Sadness hangs like a source of house, while NJOKI’s seat is seated empty.

Death of dozens such as njoki gets international international condemnation.

The UN said it was very disturbed by the killings and criticized Kenyan police for the use of “deadly bullets” against protesters.

This all feels like a repetition last year, if according to KNCHR, more than 50 killed a police crackdown in the anti-governmental police protests.

President Ruto got a more difficult line in this time.

In a national address following 7 of the protests in July, in which 38 people were killed, according to the right of the right to the right of state, “anyone caught at the foot of the foot.

Ruto accuses political opponents to encourage violence in a call that he does not illegal, but the opponents of the President cast out this allegation.

Meanwhile, back to Ndumberi, Njoki’s family simply calls to end the cruelty.

“Bury I njoki, but I could not forget the Saba Saba Day (7 July). Make the Njoki final sacrifice of these protests,” as his mother.

The ongoing anti-government protest event promotes Kenyan politics. It demands transparency, empathy and an ear to hear. But it also paid for blood.

And as the uprising continued, Njoki’s name and most of the lost turns were a symbol – in innocence, state overreach, and lack of accountability.

“We will not burn our country. Let’s talk. Let’s talk. We are brothers. We are brothers, we have introduced our government,” Njoki’s mother.

“Don’t let another child die like NJOKI.”