Pain, grief and agony as families mourn fallen kin

Edith Wanjiku (centre), mother of 19 year-old Ibrahim Kamau, who was shot dead during Tuesday's anti-tax protests. [Robert Tomno, Standard]

Pain, grief and agony engulfed the air as family members, relatives and friends gathered in various city hospitals to view the bodies of those shot during the Tuesday protests.

The protests resulted in at least 23 deaths nationwide, with Nairobi accounting for 18, and Mombasa, Isiolo, and Kakamega each recording one death.