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Boniface Mwangi Kariuki, a 22-year-old mask vendor who was shot in the head by police in an unprovoked attack, has been laid to rest following a burial service at the Githunguri grounds in Kangema constituency, Murang'a county. Opposition leaders who attended the burial service called for the impeachment of President William Ruto over the wanton killing of Kenya's youth. Meanwhile, the death toll from the Saba Saba Day protest has risen to 38, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, which has called on the government to assist families with the postmortems and enforce a waiver on medical bills.
Boniface Kariuki buried at his Kangema home, Muranga
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