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Families of Gen-Z protest victims still waiting for promised justice

Youth during Gen Z protests in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Penina Mueni appears to be in deep thought, teardrops cascading down her face as she looks at a heap of soil that is slowly flattening due to erosion.

Beneath that heap of soil at their home in Arombo village, Kisumu County, lies the body of her son, 29-year-old Benson Ouma, who was shot nine times during the 2024 anti-Finance Bill demonstrations.

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