BBC identifies security forces that filmed in protests

Members of Kenya’s security forces Last June, the BBC protesters were identified in the country’s parliament last June last year.

BBC analysis on more than 5,000 images also shows that the killed there were unarmed and did not pose a threat.

The Constitution of East Africa guarantees the right to peaceful protest, and death has caused public resonance.

Despite the Parliamentary Committee, which ordered the independent police offense body (IPOA) to investigate death on the streets of the capital, Nairobi – and publish its conclusions – no report on the murders in parliament has not yet been issued, and no one is taken into account.

On this day, the BBC World Service team analyzed videos and photos taken by protesters and journalists. We determined when everyone was accepted with the help of metadata camera, live terms and public hours visible on the pictures.

We built three killings for 3D Kenya Parliament, which allowed us to trace the deadly shots back into the police and soldier rifles.

The following is a detailed period of events of the BBC Africa Eye, when Kenya’s deputies entered the Parliament for a final vote for a controversial government financing bill, while the rally participants scored the streets on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Warning: This story contains images of corpses

Young people with the Gen Z protesters tag The mobilized in social media began to go to Central Nairobi early in the morning – that it would be the third large -scale protest of the capital, as the financial bill was made on May 9.

“It was a beautiful party,” says famous human rights activist Boniface Mvangi, who was there.

“The children came out with Bluetooth’s speakers and their water. It was a carnival.”

Protests at the beginning of the week Already led legislators to increase taxes on AX for bread, culinary oil, mobile money and cars, as well as an environmental fee that would raise the cost of goods such as diapers and sanitary towels.

But other measures to increase $ 2.7 billion (£ 2 billion) the government said it is necessary to reduce its dependence on external borrowing, For example, higher import taxes and others in specialized hospitalsremained.

“For the first time it was the Kenyan people – the working class and the middle class and the lower class – against the management class,” says Mvangi.

The participants of the rally had one goal – the parliament where the final vote took place.

By 09:30 local time, the last of the deputies went to the lower house.

Outside, thousands pushed towards the parliament from the east, north and west of the city.

“For me, it was just a normal day,” says 26-year-old journalist Ademba Alans.

People lived in live records of Tiktok and Instagram, while the events were broadcast live on national television, he adds.

At first, the participants of the rally were restrained on the blocks of tear gas and vowers, then the police began to use water guns and rubber bullets.

By 13:00 there were more than 100,000 people on the streets.

“The numbers are starting to increase, and people actually start arresting,” Allans says. “There is police everywhere. They are trying to push people back. People even rise through these water guns.”

Despite the growing chaos outside, the deputies remained in the cell, and the vote began.

By 14:00, the participants of the rally pushed the police back into the northeast corner of the parliament.

Inside at 2:14 pm, the 2024 finance bill was recognized: 195 in favor, 106 against. Opposition deputies invaded, and the word instantly reached the masses outside.

“This is when everyone says, ‘Whatever happens, we are going to enter the parliament and show the deputies for which we believe in what we are fighting for,” Allans says.

At 2:20 pm, the participants of the rally finally broke through the police blockade and reached the road near the parliament.

The abandoned police truck located outside the goal was set on fire. The fences were thwarted, and the participants of the rally go to the parliamentary platform. The invasion was short -lived. Parliamentary security forces quickly cleared them.

At the same time, the police departed for the parliament to attribute the participants of the rally.

While it was happening, the journalists were shooting, creating a minute by minute shots on many parties.

One of these videos captured a regular police officer who shouted “UAA!”, Word Swahili for “Kill”. Seconds later, the police officer glued, the arrows were heard, and the participants of the rally in the crowd fell apart – only seven.

David Chege, a 39-year-old software engineer and a teacher on Sunday, and a 25-year-old butcher Eriksson, were shot. Five more men were injured, one of whom left the paralyzed waist down.

The footage shows that Allans, a student journalist, holding the Kenyan flag when he tried to get to Chega, and another victim blood after the gun.

But who shot with these shots?

The officer shouted: “UAA!”, The arrow was to the camera. But the BBC compared the armor of his body, Riot Shield and hats with each police officer at the scene.

In his case, he had an inverted neck guard. We were in line with its distinctive form with the officer in the video recorded. There he necessarily hid his face before shooting at the crowd. We don’t know his name.

Even after the deadly shots, an officer with simple styling still heard his colleagues’ killing “. He was not so cautious about hiding his identity: his name is John Kaba.

Several sources have informed the BBC that he was in the Central Nairobi police station.

The BBC has expressed allegations of the Kenya police service, which stated that the force could not investigate itself, adding that IPOA is responsible for the investigation of alleged violations.

Kabai addressed the comments and did not answer.

Nobody is responsible for the death of the Chej or muti. BBC found that none of them was armed.

But this is not the only lost life. Instead of frightening demonstrators, their killings were aligned, and they tried again in the parliament.

At 14:57 they entered.

The footage shows that they destroy the fences and walk through the parliament. Many had hands up. Others kept posters or the Kenyan flag.

The warnings were released. The demonstrators oppressed, then continued to the building, taking off on their phones when they were going.

Having got inside, the impetus turned into a pogrom. The door was knocked out, part of the complex was removed, and the last of the deputies escaped from the building.

The destruction was heavy, but after five minutes the frames showed that they left the same as they came.

At 3:04 pm shots again, and the participants of the rally failed through the flattened fence. When the smoke was cleared, the camera shots showed three bodies lying on the ground. Two were wounded – one raised his hand but could not rise.

The third, 27-year-old finance student Eric Shyeni was dead-shot behind when he was leaving the court. The BBC revealed again, as in the cases of Cheges and threatening that he was unarmed.

BBC AFRICA Eye analyzed more than 150 images made a few minutes before and after the tire was shot. We can identify a soldier who shot a 25 m (82 feet) – again, we don’t know his name.

“The video is very clear,” says Vera Odhiamba, president of the Kenya Legal Society.

“The goal was to kill these participants. They could arrest him. But what you shoot at his head is obviously the intention to kill.

“You became a judge, jury and punishment for Eric.”

The Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) reported the BBC that IPOA had not sent any request to look at any of their employees involved in parliament operations.

It adds: “KDF continues to fully support the law and continues to act strictly within its constitutional mandate.”

After the shooting of Alan, they see again what will lead to evacuation. The footage shows that he carry a man with blood that poured from his foot.

“I was afraid for my life that my parents would never see me again,” he says.

“But I was also afraid to let other people die when I could help.”

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As the sun came on June 25, the country was secure. After a week of protests, Kenya’s National Commission on Human Rights has announced This 39 people were killed and 361 were injured across the country.

That evening, President William Ruto thanked his security staff For his “defense of the country’s sovereignty” against “organized criminals” who “seized” the protests.

The next day the financing bill was lifted.

“Listening carefully to the residents of Kenya, who said loudly that they did not want anything to do with the 2024 financing bill,” the president said in a national television address, adding that he would not sign it into the law.

But to this day, no security officer has been taken into account for death, and the official investigation has been published.

Additional BBC Veleria Cardi and Emile Costard Editors Report