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Blood money: Kenya's deadly dance of death, compensation

When police officers Masinde Barasa and Duncan Kiprono assaulted hawker Boniface Kariuki in Nairobi's CBD. [Screen Grab]

Boniface Mwangi Kariuki wasn’t even protesting. He was not chanting. And while protestors were waving placards, Kariuki was holding a pack of face masks.

Kariuki, a 22-year-old young man, was simply hustling to make a living in a difficult economy by selling face masks in Nairobi’s Central Business District.

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