Comedian Eric Omondi has shared that the burial of 12-year-old Kennedy Onyango who was shot in Rongai last week has been halted.
In a post shared via his official Instagram page, Omondi stated that the family of the minor was forced to halt the funeral after officers who had set a roadblock took the boy following a court order.
According to Omondi who pleaded with those involved to return the body, this happened a distance from the homestead, the body is presently lying at Kirindo mortuary in Mbita.
“So we got to Homa Bay to bury the 12-year-old Kennedy and just before getting to the homestead, we found. A police roadblock. They took the boy. Whoever is responsible please allow this woman to mourn in peace, allow her to bury her son. She has suffered enough,” Omondi said.
On her part, the bereaved mother tearfully pleaded with the government to help her access her child’s body and allow her to accord him a decent send-off.
“You have all the powers. After God, you are the second most powerful person in Kenya. Those who have taken my baby are under your authority. Ruto, return my baby,” she said.
The minor tragically lost his life after being shot during the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests in Rongai last Thursday, June 27, 2024.
President William Ruto has recently declared that contrary to reports that police officers gunned down the minor, the young boy was shot by a criminal who snatched a gun from a police officer.
“Unfortunately again, we have to be honest with one another, In Rongai it was said that this young Kenyan was pumped with 8 bullets, but that is also not true. There is a lot of information out there in social media propagated by people to try and create a situation, that did not exist,” Ruto said during an X-Space engagement on Friday, July 5, 2024.
“Kennedy Onyango was shot by a criminal who snatched a gun from an officer and started shooting indiscriminately.”