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Police dragged him like trash, family mourns kin

Police disperse protesters in Kitengela during Saba Saba Day, on July 7, 2025.  [Collins Oduor, Standard]

In a modest, weathered stone house tucked along the narrow, dusty paths of Nyeri’s Grogon estate, grief clung to the air like smoke.

It is the home of Harrison Wachira — one of the scores of Kenyans allegedly killed by those sworn to protect them: the police.

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