- Police Constable Emily Kinya, a mother of two, reported how a leg injury made her in danger as protesters closed
- Emily suffered head and leg injuries, losing equipment and coughing her life before a few protesters came in to rescue her
- He said the incident shook his family and reminded the country that police officers were also human
On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, it will remain in the minds of Kenyans for many years to come after controversial events across the country.
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When Kenyans gathered to celebrate the first year’s memorial of those killed during the The procession Anti -government last year, a controversial situation emerged in the streets of Nairobi.
In the chaos that hit the Muindi Heaven Street on Wednesday, a female police officer was caught escaping from a crowd of protesters before being put in a corner, dropped down, and beaten.
How did Emily Kinya end up being beaten?
The officer is Constable Emily Kinya, the mother of two children and has now survived what she describes as one of the most terrible times in her life.
Speaking from her bed in the hospital, still trembling and touching several injuries, Emily narrated how normal sending into life -threatening violence.
“At 1:30 pm, things changed. The crowd was violent and started attacking us,” He said.
As the situation worsened, the officers were forced to go back, but in the violence, he was hit in the leg.
He stumbled, fell, and then chaos was closed by armed protesters and bad weapons, and found him.
“The protesters overwhelmed us. He narrated.
His uniform did not protect him that day, when his prayers were irrelevant even when he was asleep, without defending himself and in the mercy of angry young people.
Emily was hit many times, including the head, losing her phone and some police equipment in the controversy.
But in the midst of the violence, a small group of protesters entered and protected him, and took him to a safe place and inside the ambulance.
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How is Emily Kinya’s situation after the dangerous attack?
Emily, who has been in the National Police Service since 2013, revealed that she still couldn’t handle everything that had happened.
What bothers her most is the effect that the incident has had on her family, especially one of her children.
“Fortunately, there were those who protected me, but there were those who came back and shouted, ‘Kill him, they have killed one of us, just kill him.’ I was already on the ground … who were behind them were pleading, ” Kinya said.
Emily, who now continues to recover from the hospital, hopes that she will walk again, wear her uniforms and continue to serve the nation.
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He explained that he had soft tissue injuries from the attack, showing that even in the uniform, he was still human.
“We are human too, I think our lives are also important. My leg where I was hit by a stone you suffered a soft tissue wound and severely cut off the head, but from a CT scan examination, the results show that there was a lot of turmoil. The time was a very sad event. It was a very bad event; He narrates.
Murkomen will provide detailed information about the June 25 protest
Elsewhere, Interior Minister Kipitjurkomen confirmed that the 25th anniversary of Gen Z saw at least five guns being stolen and four burned at Dagoretti and Gachui police stations, respectively.
He mentioned nine police stations to be attacked, five burned, including looting and damage, including 88 police vehicles and tens of civilian vehicles destroyed.
According to Murkomen, approximately 300 police officers and 100 civilians were injured in the midst of what he called a coordinated conspiracy to disturb the government.
In response to this attack and damage, the interior minister issued orders to shoot anyone who would try to invade the police station or threaten the life of a police officer.
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