NANYUKI PROTESTS: Missing Student Found Dead After Police Shooting
A 16-year-old Form Three student was shot and killed by police amid the violence that erupted in Nanyuki Town on Monday, according to the family, who identified the body.
After a two-day search, the relatives of Sylvester Muigai Ndung’u discovered his body at the Nanyuki Referral Hospital Mortuary.
“I went to the general hospital ward, and I was told he is not there. I was told to check the mortuary,” the mother, Lucy Kagure, lamented while holding back tears.
Muigai, a pupil at Thingithu Secondary School, was sent home to collect a Ksh5,700 fee balance.
Student Killed In Ebola Protest:
The young man who was shot during protests against an Ebola quarantine facility in Nanyuki has been identified as 17-year-old Sylvester Muigai.
The Form Three student was shot in the head.#NTVTonight @Ben_Kitili @MargaretKimath6 pic.twitter.com/kYFCyyZ1eg— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) June 11, 2026
On that tragic day, Muigai’s mother implored him not to go to the streets, where protests against the planned US Ebola containment center were in full swing.
However, speaking to NTV on Thursday, a relative said Muigai was asked not to go to school because of the protests since the demonstration occupied the road used by students to go to school.
A Form Three student sent home to collect school fees vanished during anti-Ebola protests in Nanyuki. After two agonizing days, his single mother found his body in a mortuary shot in the head by police. Now she is demanding justice for her 16-year-old boy. FULL STORY 👇 https://t.co/vrK8OaMaV5 pic.twitter.com/NsC34Vduzp— THEE ALFA HOUSE (@thee_alfa_house) June 12, 2026
Muigai, the firstborn in a family of four, was among those who went to the streets at about 5:30pm as demonstrators gathered.
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The protests soon descended into violent confrontations, with police and protesters engaged in running battles.
Amid the turmoil, he was shot in the head and died instantly at the scene.
“I am seeking justice. They killed my boy…I am a single mother of four,” Kagure lamented.
At least three people have been killed during the recent protests in Nanyuki as the protests entered the second week on Monday.
The violent demonstrations broke out in response to a controversial, U.S.-backed plan to build a 50-bed Ebola quarantine facility at the Laikipia Airbase.
Residents strongly oppose the facility, citing severe public health risks and a lack of community engagement.
NANYUKI PROTESTS: Missing Student Found Dead After Police Shooting
