NAIROBI, Kenya — Boniface Mwangi Kariuki, the hawker who sustained life-threatening injuries after being shot during Tuesday’s anti-government protests in Nairobi, has undergone a second delicate surgery to remove bullet fragments still lodged in his head.
Mwangi remains in a critical condition, fully dependent on life support within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
His family is making an urgent appeal to the government, calling for swift justice and demanding that the police officers responsible for the shooting face the full force of the law.
On Tuesday, doctors performed a complex surgery to extract the primary bullet. However, on Thursday, Boniface was once again wheeled into the theatre for another agonizing four-hour procedure, this time to remove dangerous fragments that had remained embedded in his head.
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After the arduous surgery, he was returned to the ICU, still clinging to life and relying on machines to sustain his breathing.
Outside the hospital, his family continues to cling to hope – hope that he will pull through this ordeal and that their nightmare will finally end.
Beyond hope, however, their profound desire is for answers and for justice.
They are steadfastly calling on the government to take decisive action, to ensure that those culpable for the shooting are held accountable, and to prevent any other family from enduring the profound pain and suffering they are currently experiencing.
