Boniface Kariuki’s cousin reiterates calls for justice as slain mask vendor is laid to rest
The cousin of slain mask vendor Boniface Kariuki, Emily Wanjira, has voiced the family’s cries for justice as mourners paid their last respects to the deceased man in Kangema, Muranga County, on Friday, July 11, 2025.
Speaking at the burial send-off ceremony of the middle-aged man, Wanjira thanked the well-wishers for standing with the family and for their continued support throughout the tragedy.
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“As a family, we are grieving. It is bitter knowing very well that our cousin’s life was taken. We do not have much to say, rather acknowledge the good deeds done by all the honourable members with us here,” she stated.
Wanjira also spoke on the recent development of the shooting of his cousin that drew widespread condemnation.
“We want to acknowledge what God has done for us so far. We were struck, but God has come through for us. We are crying because of how the case has gone. We cannot be told that a person has been released with no case against him, and yet we saw in the video that he slapped Boniface. Anyway, God did what was to be done,” an emotional Wanjera added.
Kalonzo slams government
Her remarks come as Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka called out the government for snubbing Kariuki’s burial ceremony.
Taking to his X page on Friday, July 11, 2025, moments after laying the mask vendor to rest, the former VP revealed his astonishment at the eerie silence from the government quarters.
The politician stated that the silence on the part of the regime screamed complicity in the crime that ensued following the fatal shooting of the unarmed mask vendor during demonstrations in Nairobi’s Central Business District on June 17, 2025.
”Today, as we stood with the people of Murang’a, a community shaken by grief as they laid to rest Boniface Kariuki, I was struck not just by the family and friends’ unbroken spirit but also by their determined resolve to seek justice for Boniface,” he said.
“It was also not lost on me that the current regime did not send a representative nor offer a single word of condolence. Their silence screams of complicity. As we mourn a young life stolen by Kenyan taxpayers-bought bullets, we reaffirm this truth: justice delayed is not only justice denied, it is a continuation of violence,” he posited.
