Nancy Odindo, a TUKO.co.ke journalist, has over four years of experience covering Kenyan politics, news, and features for digital and print media.

Mumias East Member of Parliament, Peter Salasya, has called on religious leaders to conduct spiritual cleansing at the gates of the National Assembly.

His plea comes nearly a year after the fatal anti-finance bill protests of June 25, 2024, that claimed nine lives at the Parliament, including that of 25-year-old Erick Kyalo Mutisya.

Salasya emotionally recounted witnessing the aftermath alongside Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, describing how Mutisya, dressed in white to symbolise peace, lay wrapped in the Kenyan flag.

“God willing, I will visit the family of that young man in white clothes who was killed outside the Parliament buildings and whose body was dumped at the main gate. We can’t continue crossing over his blood daily. That moment has never left me. It pains me deeply, and I have never healed since that day,” Salasya said.

Salasya noted that Parliament had neither addressed compensation nor shown sympathy for the slain protester.

"This makes the blood of that young to continue crying for justice," stated Salasya.

According to a CNN report, Mutisya, who worked at a butcher, and was supposed to be at his workplace at the time of the incident was caught in the chaos.

Police allegedly fired live rounds into the crowd, and Mutisya was shot in the back.

His body, drenched in blood, was carried and left at Parliament’s gate — a haunting image that continues to move many, including Salasya. An autopsy later confirmed he died from excessive bleeding.

Meanwhile, Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma also called on the government to compensate all victims of the protests and urged Kenyans to uphold integrity while exercising their democratic rights.

His remarks came a day after he demanded the withdrawal of the BBC documentary Blood Parliament, which linked security officers to the protest-related deaths.

Source: TUKO.co.ke