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Boniface Kariuki: Nairobi hawker who was shot in the head by police is 'brain dead'

Boniface Kariuki

Face mask vendor Boniface Kariuki is rushed to hospital by protesters after he was shot by a police officer in Nairobi on June 17, 2025.

Photo credit: Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group
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By  Daniel Ogetta

Reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Kariuki has undergone two surgeries at Kenyatta National Hospital where he is admitted in ICU.
  • His father, Jonah Kariuki, appealed to the State to help the family settle his son’s hospital.

Boniface Kariuki, the hawker who was shot by police in the head in Nairobi during protests on June 17, 2025, is brain dead, the family has said.

“We received a call around 1247h on Sunday. His brain stem is completely dead,” family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said on Sunday.

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