A 14-year-old boy from Nakuru has been discharged from hospital after surviving from being shot 11 times by a police officer during last month’s Finance Bill protests.
The young boy who ails from Bondeni in Nakuru was shot outside a chemist where he had gone to buy an inhaler for his mom who is asthmatic.
It was while there when he was shot 11 times, 10 in the back and once in the face.
Recounting the ordeal he narrated, “I was lying on the ground when the policeman came over and shot me. He then told me to get up and go home.”
Luckily, the boy was rushed to the hospital where most of the bullets were removed from his body.
Five bullets still remain dislodged in his back as doctors are afraid trying to remove them could injure critical organs.
Despite the miraculous recovery, the family which struggles to make ends meet is now coming to terms with the possibility that their son will now have to nurse lifelong injuries.
The form one student has not been able to go back to school as the bullets affected his right side of the body and is now learning to use his left hand.
Additionally, the wounds sustained need dressing daily which is proving too costly for the poor family.
“He is still in the pain. Sometimes he wakes in the middle of the night asking why him,” his mother narrated.
The family has been looking for a well-wisher who can cater for the Ksh300 daily needed for dressing the wound and getting medication to ease the pain.
While his survival has been termed miraculous, the family is hopeful of getting a specialised doctor to remove the remaining five bullets.
Should that not be possible, the young man will head into adulthood with proof of police brutality against innocent civilians lodged in his back.
