A CCTV camera on a Nairobi street captured the moment a man appeared to have been shot as protesters engaged police in running battles on Tuesday.
The protests were called by Gen Z to pile pressure on the government to take accountability for all the deaths that have occurred since the inaugural Occupy Parliament protests on June 18.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday put the death toll at 50 and 413 injuries since the onset of the civil disobedience initially sparked by unpopular taxes.
Government data on record put the deaths at 25.
During Tuesday’s protests, a number of fresh shootings were reported in some parts of the country including of three people in Nakuru where a journalist was one of those hit.
One person was reported dead in Kitengela and two in Makueni where at least five other protesters reportedly sustained bullet wounds.
In Nairobi, shops remained closed as police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.
A CCTV camera captured one such moment where people were seen scampering for safety as a police car sped by on a street.
The time display on the CCTV shows that the incident happened at exactly noon.
The man who was hit was running behind two other people when he suddenly went down as the others disappeared from the camera’s frame.
The man lay prostrate on the ground for a few seconds whilst holding his face with his right hand before he moved slightly forward and then rolled over face up.
He lay sprawled on the floor for almost half a minute before a man appeared and by show of hand gestures, appeared to be calling for help.
Another passerby came by, snapped a photo of the victim and went his way.
The first man to arrive at the scene is seen continuing to call for help and in a short while, people started arriving at the scene one after the other until a crowd had formed.
He was then carried away by four men away from the CCTV frame.