Tears, rage, and a call for justice marked the somber scene at Nairobi Funeral Home on Thursday as families of five men killed during the Saba Saba protests gathered for postmortem examinations.
The autopsies confirmed that all five victims died from gunshot wounds, allegedly inflicted by police.
According to the families and human rights activists, the deceased-Elvis Musavi, Paul Makori, Anthony Maina, Peter Gachanja and Joseph Wangai-were unarmed civilians, most of them from informal settlements in Nairobi.
Albert Oyaro, the uncle of Paul Makori from Kangemi, said he was shot twice and one bullet was recovered from the body. "The bullet was found between the armpits and the chest.