A 14-year-old boy from Nakuru has been released from the hospital after surviving being shot 11 times by a police officer during last month’s Finance Bill protests.

The teenager, who is from Bondeni in Nakuru, was shot outside a chemist where he had gone to buy an inhaler for his asthmatic mother.

While at the chemist, he was shot 11 times—10 shots hit his back and one struck his face.

Recalling the incident, he said, “I was lying on the ground when the policeman came over and shot me. He then told me to get up and go home.”

Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital, where most of the bullets were removed from his body.

Five bullets remain lodged in his back because doctors fear that removing them could damage critical organs.

Despite his miraculous recovery, the family, already struggling financially, is now facing the reality that their son will have to live with lifelong injuries.

The Form One student has not been able to return to school because the bullets affected the right side of his body, and he is now learning to use his left hand.

Additionally, the wounds require daily dressing, which is proving too expensive for the family.

“He is still in pain. Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night asking why this happened to him,” his mother shared.

The family is seeking help from well-wishers to cover the Ksh300 needed daily for wound dressing and medication to ease his pain.

Though his survival is considered miraculous, the family hopes to find a specialist doctor who can remove the remaining bullets.