A chilling video has surfaced online showing a police officer firing live bullets at protesters in Mwiki, Kasarani, during demonstrations held on Friday, June 20.
The video, widely shared by Kenyans.co.ke, shows the officer deliberately aiming at demonstrators before fleeing the scene on a bodaboda (motorbike).
The protests had been sparked by the brutal murder of an 18-year-old woman by unknown assailants in the area.
Enraged residents took to the streets to demand justice, lighting bonfires along the busy Sunton–Kasarani road and disrupting normal business activities for much of the day.
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Eyewitnesses reported chaotic scenes as police moved in to disperse the protesters. In the now-viral footage, thick plumes of black smoke from the bonfires fill the air, moments before gunfire is heard and panic erupts among the crowd.
The incident adds to a growing list of cases involving police brutality during public protests, especially following the anti-Finance Bill 2024 demonstrations where several young people lost their lives.
On social media, the video triggered public outrage, with Kenyans questioning the use of excessive force by law enforcement and the increasing number of fatalities linked to such incidents.
“It’s horrifying that in 2025 we are still witnessing police firing live ammunition at unarmed civilians. This must stop,” posted one concerned Kenyan on X (formerly Twitter).
The Mwiki shooting comes just days after two police officers — Klinzy Barasa and Duncan Kiprono — were arrested in connection with the shooting of Boniface Mwangi Kariuki, a mask vendor, during protests in Nairobi’s CBD on Tuesday, June 17.
A Nairobi court has ordered that the two be held for 15 days as the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) conducts investigations.
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