Shock as shot vendor also turns out to be from Homa Bay, deepening grief over Ojwang's killing

It has now emerged that the man shot by a police officer on Nairobi’s Moi Avenue was also from Homa Bay County—just like slain teacher Albert Ojwang—deepening the heartbreak in the already mourning lakeside community.

Speaking in the National Assembly during Tuesday’s proceedings, Suba North MP Milly Odhiambo expressed shock upon learning the shot vendor was from her county.

“Madam Speaker, it would be careless on my part if I don’t say that I’ve just learnt that the young man who was shot is again from Homa Bay. What do I go and tell the Suba people?” she posed.

The MP condemned the shooting, terming it “reckless and irresponsible”.

“I have watched that clip. It is totally reckless and irresponsible what that police officer has done. They are doing a disservice to this government because when you make five steps forward, they take you 50 back,” she said.

While the identity of the man is yet to be formally released by authorities, his shooting at point blank range has intensified calls for police accountability and justice in connection with Albert Ojwang’s killing.

The unarmed mask vendor was shot at point-blank range outside Imenti House on Moi Avenue, in a shocking act of brutality during Tuesday’s protest.

Demonstrators were demanding justice for slain teacher and blogger Ojwang.

Videos circulating online showed two police officers confronting the vendor, who stood on a sidewalk near Imenti House, before one of them beat the man twice, and the second officer stepped back, drew his weapon, and fired at point-blank range.

The man collapsed on the pavement as passersby screamed in shock. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

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