Photo courtesy; Kenyan gen Zs during 2024 Protests against Finance Bill, used for illustration purposes only. SOURCE: Google
The deceased were part of a group of youths who took to the streets to protest the deplorable state of Ishihara Level 4 hospitals.
The protests, which rendered roads impassable for a better part of the day, turned deadly in the afternoon as police attempted to quash the demonstrations.
In the build-up to the deadly confrontation between police and protesters, irate residents had taken to the busy Embu Highway to block the road with rocks.
The Ishiara Level 4 Hospital has been the subject of criticism in recent weeks, with ward representatives as recently as April 10 warning that the current state of the facility was unsustainable.
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