David Chege, one of the youths killed by police during the country’s anti-tax protests, was laid to rest on Tuesday at his parents’ home in Turiru village, Gatundu.
Chege, a celebrated IT professional and Sunday school teacher at Jubilee Christian Church, was shot dead outside Kenya’s parliament.
The incident occurred as a crowd of protesters overwhelmed anti-riot police, breaching the August House amid intensifying demonstrations.
Chege’s funeral was attended by a small group of Kenyan activists, including Khalid Hussein of Haki Africa, Boniface Mwangi, and Hanifa Adan. Conspicuously absent were politicians, highlighting the stark divide between the government and its critics.
Mourners at the funeral decried police brutality, draping the national flag around their necks in a symbolic gesture of defiance.
During the burial, activists presented Chege’s family with a flag, proclaiming that he had paid the ultimate price for his patriotism. Boniface Mwangi urged Kenyans to sustain the fight against bad leadership, even suggesting that citizens replace the portrait of President Ruto with an image of the Kenyan flag.
