My son died in a lot pain: Father of teen who died at Nai Fest speaks

Shanty [Photo: Courtesy]

Earlier this month, when Geoffrey Gikonyo began the search for his missing son, 17-year-old Stephen Munga, he prayed and hoped that they would find him alive and safe. But this was not to be. On November 12, the family’s search for Shanty, as Stephen’s friends fondly called him, led them to the City Mortuary in Nairobi.

Munga said that they were shocked to stumble upon Shanty’s battered body, a heartbreaking indicator that their last child and only son had died a painful death. “His body seemed okay from the neck down but his head had a lot of injuries. “It felt mushy when I touched it and one of his eyes had been perforated. I know my son died in a lot of pain,” Munga said.