Nairobi, June 9, 2025 (AFP) - 'Better if he was dead': Kenyan mother's search for son year after protests

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2025-06-09

Susan Wangari has lost count of the morgues, hospitals and police stations she has visited in search of her son, who went missing at the height of Kenya's mass protests last June. She last saw Emmanuel Mukuria, 24, on the morning of June 25, 2024, the day that thousands of Kenyan youths thronged the streets of Nairobi and stormed parliament in protest at planned tax rises and corruption. "It would be better if my son were dead; at least I could......

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