Little did the teenager Stephen Machurusi know that his engineering dream would never live to see the light of the day.
Everything came to an instant end following the Kasarani demonstrations on Wednesday morning and as fate would have it, a bullet struck the teen on his chest, killing him.
What began as protests against Mwiki-Kasarani road's pathetic state, would, at last, see the end of life of a young teen who had greater aspirations of becoming an engineer.
The occurrence brings to light the latest brutality by law enforcers.
This is only a day after a survey by Human Rights Watch which pointed out increased violations to human rights by special forces in Kenya specifically.
Sub-County Police Commander for Kasarani Muthuri Mwongera confirmed the death adding that five others suffered injuries.
"Three are hospitalized and in under critical condition, while two others got discharged. Postmortem results will reveal what killed the teenager," Mwongera told Nation.
The deceased teen Stephen Machurusi had just left home for Garden City where he used to sell eggs and sausages outside the mall.
His sister Lilian Waringa told Nation that, "He had left for work and his phone was unreachable. After asking around without success, my mother left in search of him. It's during then when she met him lying down on the ground at Sunton shopping centre surrounded by protesters."
"They fed him on glucose as an energizing attempt while he awaited to be rushed to clinic. Medics rejected his admission claiming that the wound was too sensitive," Lilian recalled.
He died shortly after arrival at the clinic.
Stephen Machurusi had scored a C+ (plus) in 2019 KCSE and was eagerly waiting to join campus and start his engineering journey.
"Sad that his dream was cut short in such a manner," Ms Waringa lamented.