Amnesty International announced on Monday that Denzel Omondi, a protestor who went missing at the start of the anti-Finance Bill protests, had been found dead.
During a talk show on Citizen TV, Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton revealed that the protestor was discovered dead in a quarry on an undisclosed date after being reported missing for one week.
According to Houghton, Denzel’s family confirmed his death to Amnesty International after unsuccessful attempts to locate him.
Denzel’s family reported that he was abducted under mysterious circumstances on June 26 and that no information about his whereabouts had been provided.
According to unverified social media reports, Denzel was among the protestors who marched to Parliament on June 25 as part of the Occupy Parliament movement.
According to the same reports, Denzel’s body was discovered in a quarry in Kabete.
Houghton also revealed that Denzel was a Quantity Survey student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
The young man’s death has been linked to his participation in the protests, and he joins a growing list of Kenyan protestors killed during the demonstrations.
According to Amnesty International, the death toll from the protests is 41; however, the government claims that only 25 people died.
However, Houghton accused the National Police Service of failing to cooperate with the Kenya National Human Rights Commission in facilitating investigations into suspected police brutality cases.
Houghton also stated that the police had refused to surrender their firearms for ballistic analysis.
Amnesty International has urged the Independent Policing Authority (IPOA) to identify and prosecute police officers suspected of using excessive force.
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