Kate Actress Learns of Horrific Shooting of Unarmed Vendor While Attending Jackie’s Dad’s Burial
- On video, two police officers were captured clearly aiming at an unarmed mask vendor in the Nairobi CBD
- The trader was standing next to a building when the cops pushed him to the side and fired straight into his head
- Kate Actress was horrified by the video that has since gone viral, calling for justice for the mask vendor
Kenyans are up in arms on social media, demanding justice for the masked vendor shot in Nairobi CBD.
Source: Instagram
How mask vendor got shot in Nairobi
The incident occurred as protesters gathered on the streets after the murder of prominent blogger Albert Ojwang, whose unexplained death caused widespread unrest.
Two police officials approached a mask vendor who was discreetly selling face masks on the street.
One police officer pushed him aside forcefully, and the other abruptly raised his gun and shot him in the head without any obvious provocation.
The man fell to the ground following the gunshot, bleeding, and passersby hurried to assist him in getting to a local hospital.
What did Kate Actress say?
The video has caused outrage, and celebrities such as Kate Actress have reacted to the video.
She was from a burial when she came across the horrific clip.
Kate had travelled to Gatundu to support her friend Jackie Matubia, who was laying her father to rest.
"Coming from a burial to the horrific news on the shooting of an innocent man was not in the cards today. He was hawking masks jameni," she wrote.
Source: Instagram
Idah Alisha, a former mother-in-law actress, joined Kate in condemning the shooting.
The actress wrote:
"This is too much, why? He was just trying to make a living. Our president! Our police! Our government has failed us as Kenyans."
Kenyans react to mask vendor's shooting
Daniel Juma
"I asked myself too many times what triggered the shot."
Saida Favour:
"We watched a man being unalived like a chicken.. here we are still in utter shock and disbelief, how did we get here?"
Ingaiza Japheth:
"I said if you co-operate you will taken down,just like Albert he was peacefull but he was the one taken down."
Moreen Mwende:
"How do you even start explaining what you saw."
Mali Mutinda:
"Imagine if they can shoot that guy so openly... whatever happens when someone is abducted is hell."
MettyJanet Muthoni:
"The same police were seen escorting goons without touching them, alafu jamaa ametulia tu hana virugu anakula risasi ya kichwa."
Belphine Adongo:
"But that guy angered me aiii bana, I was like 100m from that guy, I am really bothered Aii bana we can’t do that. That policeman is an animal."
Kenyan celebrities react to shooting of mask vendor
In other news, a section of Kenyan celebrities condemned the shooting of the calm vendor.
Celebrities such as comedian and YouTuber Abel Mutua, Papa Shirandula actress Jacky Vike (also known as Awinja), and Flaqo, to name a few.
They have questioned what the motive was for the shooting of the unarmed vendor
Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
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