Keya survived, but lost the use of his legs. Now, two years on, he says he is still waiting for the government to honour its promise of compensation. A screengrab of protest victim Ian Keya.Two years after Kenya’s anti-Finance Bill protests on June 24, 2024, one young man is still waiting for something the government promised him: compensation.Ian Keya was a student, a designer and a nutritionist with big plans for his future. But during a protest march in Nairobi, three police bullets tore through his back, changing his life forever.Keya survived, but lost the use of his legs. Now, two years on, he says he is still waiting for the government to honour its promise of compensation.Citizen TV visited his home, where Keya takes us back to the day that changed his life and through the long wait for justice and support he says has left him feeling forgotten.Now, his life has been confined to a wheelchair in Kakamega County, miles away from the city where only two years ago, he lived a normal, healthy life. “Niliamka asubuhi na afya nzuri, nikavaa vizuri, nikachukua matatu nikaenda town, nikajoin fellow Gen Z, tukaanza kuandamana,” said Keya.That afternoon, outside Parliament Buildings, Ian Keya’s life took a devastating turn. Three bullets tore into his back. One lodged in his spine, leaving him paralysed from the waist down.For hours, his family and friends feared the worst. Many b...
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