Saba Saba: Details of Protester Filmed Being Dragged by Police Across the Road Emerge
- A disturbing video from Juja showed police dragging a protester’s lifeless body across the road during the Saba Saba demos
- The man, later confirmed as a mechanic from Nyeri, had reportedly been killed by a stray bullet during the unrest
- Officers offered no medical help, treating the body like evidence as horrified witnesses filmed the chilling scene
- Moments later, a second protester trying to intervene was beaten and hauled off, deepening scrutiny over rising police brutality
Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
A chilling video that surfaced in the wake of the Saba Saba protests has sparked national outrage.
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The video showed police officers in Juja, Kiambu County, dragging the lifeless body of a protester across the road.
The footage, widely circulated on social media, has reignited public condemnation of police brutality, with many calling for accountability and justice for victims of excessive force.
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A report by KTN News confirmed that the man seen in the video was a motorcycle mechanic who had been fatally shot by a stray bullet during the demonstrations.
The deceased, whose identity remains unknown, hailed from Nyeri county and his lifeless body was taken to the General Kago Mortuary and booked as "unidentified."
As the family of the deceased is yet to be traced, the man remains unnamed, another faceless casualty of a protest that was meant to amplify the voice of mwananchi.
How did Kenya police treat Kiambu mechanic?
The video clip, which begins just seconds after the incident, shows two uniformed police officers each holding one of the man's limbs, one his right arm, the other his leg, dragging his motionless body along the tarmac.
A third officer joins moments later, grabbing the left leg, as the officers continue pulling him toward a nearby police station.
The disturbing scene unfolds as several other officers stand idly at the station’s entrance, none offering medical assistance or showing concern for the victim’s condition.
According to eyewitnesses who filmed the incident, the man appeared either dead or critically injured when police began dragging him.
Instead of calling for an ambulance or offering first aid, the officers proceeded to treat the body as if it were evidence or worse, an object.
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Moments after the man was dragged away, the video shows another protester rushing toward the officers, seemingly trying to intervene or protect his injured colleague.
That second protester was swiftly tackled, beaten, and bundled toward the same station, joining dozens of others reportedly arrested in Juja that day.
Reactions as armed men force protesters into unmarked Subaru
TUKO.co.ke also reported two plainclothes, armed men, believed to be security operatives, roughly beating and forcing two young protesters into an unmarked Subaru near Jogoo Road
Earlier, similar unmarked “killer squads” in Subaru Outbacks deployed in Kiserian, Ngong and Kangemi were captured firing live rounds with military-style coordination; these units are suspected in multiple protest-related fatalities.
The methods spurred public alarm and netizen criticism over secret detentions, violent handling, and lack of visible identifiers on officers.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
