Extrajudicial killing of a minor in Kiamaiko

In a heartless case of police brutality, a Nairobi officer shoots dead a teenage boy in cold blood in a slum as the boy pleads with him to spare his life. Human rights defenders in the area are demanding justice.

Stephen Gichuru was an adolescent boy living in Kiamaiko, a slum in Nairobi. He was an orphan and as the last born raised by his siblings and living with them. Stephen Gichuru was the brother in law to Human Rights Defender Ruth Mumbi.

After dropping out of primary school in Standard 7, Gichuru continued his participation in the Junior Category of the acrobatic dancing group