It is difficult to reconcile the image of the once-celebrated Gen-Z hero, who danced on the streets of Nairobi and inspired his peers with his mobilisation skills, with the man now breaking a leg on podiums alongside those he once called oppressors.
If Rex Maasai, the fallen comrade whose death became a symbol of the struggle, were to wake up today, he would likely be heartbroken to see Kasmuel Mc'Oure draped in orange regalia, sharing stages with the very forces against which they fought.
The June demonstrations were not the usual political theatrics Kenyans witness every election cycle.
They were not led by disgruntled politicians seeking to reclaim lost power, nor were they fueled by the frustrations of young men and women merely venting their anger.
