What began as a "Linda Mwananchi" gathering led by Nairobi Senator and ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna quickly descended into chaos as anti-riot police deployed tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Amid the confusion and smoke live rounds were fired, claiming the life of 28 year old Vincent Ayomo a young mechanic from Kisumu County.Ayomo was not a protester or a political agitator.
Relatives and witnesses describe him as an ordinary garage worker at KK Garage along Old Namanga Road.
He had simply stepped out during his workday to buy spare parts for a vehicle repair job when a bullet struck him in the face reports indicate the shot entered near his eye and exited the back of his head, causing instant death.
Family members including his 24 year old wife Khadija Riamey and their young daughter were left devastated as his body arrived at the City Mortuary where grieving relatives gathered to identify him.
Senator Sifuna swiftly condemned the killing in a powerful statement on X calling it another senseless and needless killing by Ruto’s regime.
He extended condolences to Ayomo's family and renewed demands for justice, accountability and an end to police brutality.
The incident has reignited national outrage over excessive force during political events and protests with many drawing parallels to past cases of youth killed in similar circumstances.
Public reaction has been swift and emotional.
Activists, journalists and ordinary Kenyans flooded social media with tributes, hashtags like #JusticeforAyomo and calls to support the bereaved family.
One activist poignantly noted at the mortuary that this was not political pain but raw human loss a husband, father, son and brother erased while simply trying to earn a living.
Questions swirl about police restraint, the role of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority and why dissent continues to be met with lethal force rather than dialogue.
As postmortem examinations confirm the use of live ammunition Ayomo's death underscores a deeper crisis the growing fear that ordinary citizens risk their lives merely by being in the vicinity of political expression.
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