Hawker Bonface Mwangi Kariuki, who was shot at close range during the June 17 demonstration in Nairobi, is dead.
Family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said he passed on Monday at 3.15 pm.
He had been in the ICU at Kenyatta National Hospital since June 17, when he was shot in the city center.
An official at the hospital also confirmed he had died.
“It is true he passed on more than an hour ago. The family will give you more details,” said the official.
Family spokesperson Wanjira had Sunday said they were called by the hospital at midnight on Saturday and informed of the patient's state of being brain dead.
He was on a support machine.
Two police officers who were involved in the drama that was caught on camera are in custody as police investigate the same.
The two, Klinzy Barasa Masinde and Duncan Kiprono, were detained on June 19 at the Capitol Hill police station for 15 days pending investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA).
They are likely to face murder charges.
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had sought 21 more days to complete its investigations.
The officers allegedly shot Boniface Mwangi Kariuki on June 17, along Mondlane Street, as police dispersed demonstrators.
According to Corporal Nahshon Zoka of the Homicide Bureau at the DCI, the victim was rushed by good Samaritans to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), where he underwent surgery and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in critical condition.
The DCI arrested the officers on June 18 and booked them at Capitol Hill Police Station.
The DCI in their application wanted them detained for 21 more days to allow for ballistic analysis of the officers’ firearms, forensic review of CCTV footage, analysis of scene samples by the Government Chemist, and recording of statements from witnesses, including the victim, who is currently unable to speak.
