A section of opposition leaders now want Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to resign with immediate effect following the killing of protesters in the country.

The leaders drawn from the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition accuse President William Ruto's administration of using excessive force against protesters leading to deaths.

They were speaking at the funeral of Daniel Kakai, a student who was shot during the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests in Bungoma, demanding for action to be taken against the security officers involved.

The funeral of Kakai, a student of St Veronica Siritanyi High School was held at his home in Masuno Village in Bumula Constituency.

“Ameanza kuwaongelesha jana…kwanza tunataka IG Koome akome kuwa IG wa Kenya…polisi washikwe waliouwa watoto wetu,” said DAP-K party leader Eugene Wamalwa.

“We started by telling Ruto things are bad hasikii...World Bank told him things are bad hasikii....sasa imebidi hawa watoto wadogo Gen Z wamuambie ukweli kwa maandamano na tuko nyuma yenu,” added Bumula MP Jack Wamboka.

Kakai is one of the youths who died following gunshot wounds during the protests to pressure the government to drop the taxation proposals that were contained in the expunged Finance Bill, 2024.

Gen-Zs who attended to mourn their fellow youth vowed to soldier on to push the government to address their pressing issues.

A few kilometres away in Buko Village, Kimilili, Bungoma County, 21-year-old Wilson Sitati, a young man who was shot at a protest in Nairobi, was also laid to rest.

Here, the police and their command again were on the receiving end.

“The invasion of Parliament by our young generation is not something to condemn but to draw lessons from,” said Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa.

Sirisia MP John Waluke added, “Sisi kama viongozi wenu hatufurahii watu wetu wakizikwa...lakini pia sisi tuko hapa kuwaambia ukweli.”

President Ruto, while addressing the nation on Friday, said the government will compensate families who have lost their loved ones in the anti-government protests.