Junet wonders why Kalonzo snubbed Ojwang’s burial after showing up at Kariuki’s
National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has criticised leaders of the United Opposition led by Kalonzo Musyoka for snubbing Albert Ojwang’s burial after attending Boniface Kariuki’s.
Speaking in Migori County on Friday, July 11, 2025, during MP Peter Masara’s son’s burial ceremony, Junet said that both Kariuki and Ojwang were killed by the police officers, and it could have been fair if the Opposition leaders attended both funerals.
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“Nimeshangaa Kalonzo wamesombana na wenzake kuenda kuzika Boniface Kariuki na hawakuonekana Homa Bay kuzika Albert Ojwang. Huyo kijana aliuliwa na polisi pia sisi tuliona uzuni, na tunatuma pole zetu kutoka hapa Migori kwa familia ya Kariuki lakini ile kitu nimeshanga wale viongozi walienda kusindikiza Kariuki hawakuja kusindikiza Albert Ojwang, pia yeye aliuliwa na polisi na sikuona wao Homa Bay,” Junet said.
Kalonzo slams govt
While Junet questioned why the opposition attended Karuki’s burial after ignoring Ojwang’s, Kalonzo 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 at his ancestral home in Kangema, Murang’a County, 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.
Kalonzo was accompanied by a host of opposition and a section of elected leaders for the occasion, where the calls for justice and an end to police brutality and the crackdown on demonstrators dominated the speeches.
Among them are Eugene Wamalwa, Justine Muturi, Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata, Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu, Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, Jayne Kihara, Hon. Amos Mwago, and former Transport PS Irungu Nyakera.
