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Your death will not be in vain, family of man shot dead in tax protests says

Activists, friends and family of the late Rex Kanyike at Nairobi City Mortuary waiting for post-mortem on June 21, 2024. [Robert Tomno, Standard]

The drumbeats of Thursday's anti-Finance Bill protests in Nairobi died down, so did the life of a young protestor.

Twenty-nine-year-old Rex Kanyike Masai was silenced by a bullet, his only mistake, protesting against the government's increased taxes.

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