NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 25 – A police officer was seriously injured in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday during tense confrontations between police and demonstrators marking the first anniversary of the Gen Z-led June 25, 2024 protests.
The female officer, part of a contingent deployed to monitor the commemoration protests, sustained a severe head injury under unclear circumstances along Banda Street where chaos had broken out.
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In a rare act of solidarity, protestors swiftly came to her aid, lifting her into a nearby St. John Ambulance even as clouds of tear gas choked the streets and chants for justice echoed through the city.
Among those who helped the injured officer was Hussein Khalid, CEO of the human rights organization Vocal Africa, who said the incident underscored the human toll of the day’s events.
“We’re unsure whether it was a tear gas canister or a stone that hit her, but what matters is that protestors stepped in to save her life,” Khalid said.
The confrontation erupted as demonstrators took to the streets in honor of over 60 Kenyans who lost their lives during the 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests that saw Parliament dramatically stormed a moment now etched in Kenya’s political memory.
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