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The burial Bridgit Njoki Wainaina, 12, is underway successful Ndumberi, Kiambu County.
She was fatally changeable by a stray constabulary slug portion watching TV wrong her location during the Saba Saba protests connected July 7.
Mother of Bridgit Njoki Speaks
Bridgit Njoki and her mother, Lucy Ngugi, were safely wrong their mabati (iron sheet) location successful Kiamaiko, Nairobi, watching the Saba Saba quality erstwhile a large bang abruptly rang out.
Lucy noticed humor connected her daughter’s hands, and arsenic she reached retired to her, Bridgit collapsed. That is erstwhile she saw the caput coiled and realized her girl had been shot. The slug had went done the metallic walls of their home, fired arsenic constabulary attempted to disperse protesters outside.
A post-mortem confirmed that Bridgit died from a gunshot wound. The slug was recovered and handed implicit to IPOA, which is present investigating her case.
Lucy Ngugi was flooded with grief during the work and had to beryllium supported by her hubby and 2 women arsenic she broke down successful tears.
“Father, successful the mighty sanction of Jesus, arsenic we spell for the burial, I commune for Your peace. Let america permission each the tears here.” Lucy Ngugi said.
“As we spell backmost to church, we are going to a celebration, a solemnisation of a beingness good lived by my beloved daughter. Wipe distant our tears, ohio Lord. I volition not outcry again, and from here, it is well,”
Bridgit Njoki.The ceremonial was attended by respective governmental leaders, including Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang’i, and Eugene Wamalwa. They joined mourners successful calling for an extremity to constabulary unit and amended extortion for guiltless citizens, particularly children.
Bridgit’s begetter besides spoke during the service, urging the authorities to instrumentality responsibility. “We cognize we cannot bring our girl back, but we privation to marque definite nary different household has to spell done this pain,” helium said.
As her tiny achromatic casket was lowered into the ground, the radical of Ndumberi stood successful unity, mourning, outraged, and determined to guarantee her decease volition not beryllium successful vain.
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