• Bridgit Njoki, a 12-year-old girl who was shot by a stray bullet during the Saba Saba protests right inside her parents’ living room while watching TV, has been laid to rest today, July 15, 2025. 

Bridgit Njoki, a 12-year-old girl who was shot by a stray bullet during the Saba Saba protests right inside her parents’ living room while watching TV, has been laid to rest today, July 15, 2025. 

It was a sombre day as her schoolmates, friends, and family gathered to bid her farewell in her home, Ndumberi, Kiambu County.  The day began with a requiem mass before proceeding with the funeral program.

Several key politicians, among them Kalonzo Musyoka, the Wiper party leader, Eugene Wamalwa, the DAP-K party leader and Fred Matiangi, the former Cabinet Secretary (CS) for interior, were in attendance. The leaders criticised the government for using lethal force to control peaceful protesters.

The event was heartbreaking as the 12-year-old, beautiful, charming, ambitious and a young life full of dreams as she was described was laid to rest. The most the most depressing thing to say is that the girl was shot right inside her parents’ living room while watching television.

Although home and more especially inside the house is believed to be the safest place during danger, for Bridgit, that was not the case.

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The family of the deceased has asked the government to stop the brutality. Her mother narrated how she will never forget the Saba Saba (7 July) of 2025. She requested that her daughter, Njoki, be the last sacrifice of the protests. 

Njoki’s mother urged Kenyans to hold on lest we burn the country. She instead recommended dialogue over violence. She also begged the government to be careful so that what had happened to her would not happen to any other parent. No child should die the same way Njoki died.

The regular anti-government protests have reshaped the politics of Kenya by demanding transparency, honesty and accountability. However, blood has been shed and lives lost in the process.

As the uprising continues, Bridgit Njoki, Boniface Kariuki, Albert Ojwang and many others who have lost their lives become the symbol of innocence, government overextension and lack of transparency and accountability.