A somber mood engulfed Narok town when youths marched along the road carrying a coffin with the remains of Brian Kasaine, who was killed while participating in anti-Finance Bill 2024 demonstrations last Tuesday.
The youths, who included boda boda riders, students and traders, marched along the busy road demanding justice from the government as they alleged that Kasaine was killed by a senior police officer.
The mourners placed the coffin in different points of the town to allow the residents to view the body of the departed soul as they chanted anti-government slogans.
Heavy security personnel were deployed in town to ensure that the mourners went on with their funeral procession peacefully.
Alfred Momanyi, a relative to the deceased, said their Kasaine had a bright future after he scored a B+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination last year at Nyakemincha Secondary School in Nyamira county.
He was set to join Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University later in the year.
“He was the only son and the hope of the family. It is too sad that he had to die when he was fighting for the rights of Kenyans,” Momanyi said.
He called for justice, saying Kasaine was not armed when he was killed near the government offices along the Town-Hospital road. He wondered why a senior police officer had to use a live bullet to kill against an unarmed protester.
The body of Kasaine had been preserved at the Narok County Referral Hospital mortuary and was buried at his parents’ home in Ololunga, Narok South subcounty.
