A family in Kariobangi South, Nairobi, is seeking justice for a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by a police officer last Thursday under mysterious circumstances.
The family wants the National Police Service to accept full responsibility for the tragedy and provide justice for their son.
Elvis Muhia is a grade 7 pupil at Riverside Primary School in Kariobangi South.
According to relatives, he was wounded in the stomach by a bullet while on his way to a shop near his mother’s leased home.
Muhia was taken to a nearby hospital, which referred him to Kenyatta National Hospital.
“The mother was called on the phone and told her child had been shot and taken to hospital. At the facility, the boy received first aid and was referred to KNH, where he was placed in ICU for three days. He is now in the general ward,” Kimani said.
He said when he inquired from the officers why the boy was shot at and injured, they said some people wanted to torch a bulldozer during the ongoing demolitions of structures along the Nairobi River.
