University student shot dead during Kenya's opposition protests
People run for cover after police threw tear gas at protestors in Nairobi, Kenya on January 20, 2023. Opposition leader Raila Odinga had called the protests to pressure the government to deal with the rising cost of living. PHOTO | WILFRED NYANGARESI | NMG
A third-year student at Kenya’s Maseno University was on Monday evening shot and killed during anti-government protests called by the opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance.
William Mayange, who was shot in the neck after protesters invaded a police line, was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital.
