CNN journalist Larry Madowo has exposed the brutality that was meted out by police officers to protesters during the anti-finance bill protests that turned deadly last Tuesday when protesters stormed Parliament. Ian Erisson Kyallo Mutiysa, 25, was among the peaceful protesters who were shot dead.
Before he was fatally shot by the police, he was filmed dancing in white overalls while unarmed, not knowing that he would later lose his life. According to Ericsson’s mother, he left his workplace where he worked as a butcher and went to the streets to exercise his democratic rights.
He was among the group of brave protesters who were on the frontline trying to access Parliament when police fired live bullets, killing 3 on the spot. According to Madowo, he witnessed three unarmed protesters being shot by the police.
”CNN watched as Kenyan security forces shot dead at least 3 protesters outside the Kenyan parliament on Tuesday.I saw Ericsson Kyalo Mutisya, 25 dancing in white overalls. Shots rang out shortly after that and I saw his body. He wasn’t the only one,” Madowo tweeted.
This comes even as Ruto defended police officers for using excessive force against the protesters. Speaking in a roundtable interview on Sunday, Ruto said the police did their best to quell the protests and claimed that the protests had been infiltrated by criminals.
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