Activists Boniface Mwangi, Hussein Khalid, and Hanifa Adan are some of the people who have been awarded during the Human Rights Defenders Coalition awards session held at the Danish Embassy in Nairobi on Friday.
Mwangi, Hanifa, and Khalid are faces known to Kenyans for their continuous fight for human rights, especially during the Gen Z protests.
They received Human Rights Defender of the Year awards.
Jackson Kuria, alias Cop Shakur, a police officer who was suspended for joining the Gen Z protests also received a popular people's choice award during the ceremony.
He is remembered to have been the police officer who chose to help protesters during the protests, and from it, he was indicted for a while from his post.
The prison warden was arrested while protesting outside the Parliament Building. Videos shared online showed him dressed in blood-stained white dustcoat while raising a placard.
The warden attached to Kamiti Medium Prison had arrived outside the Senate gate with a group of supporters amid the rains.
Parliament Road has been full of security officials since it was breached by protesters on June 25.
The protester first engaged security officials at the gate in a push-and-pull game as he tried to access the precincts and blocked motorists from getting in and out.
A few minutes later, more police officers arrived and grabbed him before dragging him to the Parliament police cells.
However, Shakur was later reinstated and is back to work.
In his acceptance speech, Shakur said he was honoured to be feted and urged Kenyans to fight on for a better future.
"I am honoured to receive this award, but I am sad at the same time as this award comes from the fight that led to the deaths of many Kenyans who fought for a better Kenya," Mwangi said.
"The fight continues; Kenyans are still angry; we will fight until it all stops, Viva!"
