The mother of the boy who was shot and killed on Thursday, June 27, 2024, during the height of anti-Finance Bill protests has come out to accuse President William Ruto of failing to deliver his promises to her.
Jocinter Anyango spoke on Sunday, June 22, during an interdenominational church service attended by several dignitaries, where she detailed a conversation with President Ruto in the wake of the death of her son, Kennedy Onyango. According to Jocinter, she received a phone call from Head of Presidential Special Projects and Creative Economy Dennis Itumbi, and during the call she spoke with President Ruto and experienced her pain. "He (the president) called me and we had a conversation.
He asked me how things were, and I said they were not well.
I told him to help me, and he promised to call me to the State House to discuss this matter because he is also a parent," an emotional Jocinter recalled. Jocinter Onyango, the mother of Kennedy Onyango, speaking during an interdenominational church service at the all-Saints Cathedral on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
