Mombasa Deputy Governor Dr William Kingi, marched across the streets of Mombasa in solidarity with students drawn from various institutions of higher learning within the county under the Jumuiya ya Wanafunzi wa Pwani banner.
The students had staged peaceful demonstrations on Friday, to protest the heinous act of murder against fellow students who succumbed to the brutality of mob justice last weekend.
The late Samuel Odemba was a fourth year law student at the University of Nairobi who had successfully completed his course work and was awaiting his graduation in December.
He was attacked alongside his cousin Kennedy Onyango in Kisauni in what turned out to be an apparent case of mistaken identity.
"The murder of these two young men has not only robbed us of brilliant youthful brains but also great future leaders. Based on how he has been eulogised by friends and acquaintances, Odemba was indeed destined for a flourishing career in law," said Kingi, who was accompanied also by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir.
The DG said the County should take stock of the harms and pains of mob justice, saying the happenings must incite deep conversations about the place of mob justice in this current age.
He said mob justice is a great injustice and a criminal offense that equally deserve castigation.
"These two innocent students did not deserve such brutality, they did not deserve such painful deaths and therefore; in line with the petition served by the students to the DCIO Mombasa, we urge all the relevant authorities to speed up their investigations and serve justice to the families of these young men. Let it be known, that mob justice is not justice," said Governor Hassan Joho's deputy.