Scars of brutality: Survivors' trauma of 2023 police crackdown

Kenneth Omondi, a clinical officer who survived after he was shot during anti-government protests in 2023 testifies at the Kisumu High Court.[Onesmus Baraka,Standard]

The country might be slowly forgetting the violent crackdown of protests by police that left scores maimed and others killed, but the cracks of the incidents have changed the lives of victims and ushered in a new reality of fear, heartbreak and pain.

This came to the fore as the hearing of a case filed by survivors and family members of victims who were shot by police officers during a violent crackdown on protests organised by the opposition in 2023 began at the Kisumu High Court.