Kenyans on X raise over Ksh. 2 million in just 8 hours, for Rex and Evans' burial expenses

The two young men succumbed to injuries sustained during the Thursday Occupy Parliament protests - Rex was shot and killed by police as the protests entered the night stretch while Evans was hit by a teargas canister, dying a few days later.

Moved by the unfortunate circumstances, Kenyans on X rallied together to accord the two men a decent sendoff, just a day after an X 'space' galvanised the nation and ramped up online activism.

Led by X personality Kimuzi, and in collaboration with Osama Otero and Hanifa Adan, a team quickly came together to organise a fundraiser for both Rex and Evans, quickly setting up an M-CHANGA fundraiser early Sunday morning.

Rallying Kenyans together, Kimuzi shared the fundraiser's link, writing, "Our Brothers Rex & Evans | M-CHANGA. This is the link. I will send all the funds in my Mpesa here that was contributed. The goal is 2M. We can do this. It will be shared by both families."

Quickly, Kenyans of goodwill started sending in their contributions, many sharing screenshots of their participation in order to encourage others to follow suit.

At the same time, Osama Otero launched yet another X space specifically dedicated to the fallen protesters, asking all the listeners to all chip in as little as Ksh. 10 as the race to Ksh. 2 million heated up.

8 hours later, Kimuzi updated Kenyans on the status of the fundraiser, proudly announcing that the target had been met - it, in fact, crossed the target by hundreds of thousands of shillings. 

"8 hours later, tuko 2M. This week, nimekuwa happy, for the first time as a Kenyan. You can kill a liberator, but will never kill the incoming libération!" he tweeted.

He followed it up with more appreciation tweets, calling the contributors 'unstoppable' and further castigating President Ruto.

"WE MADE IT!! THANK YOU, THANK You. We are unstoppable. We are a movement, Ruto can't stop this. Unlike Sudi, we've done this together!" he said.

On his part, Osama Otero simply tweeted, "DONE!" sharing a screenshot of the fundraiser's incredible success.

Already, some Kenyans on X are making elaborate plans to attend Rex and Evans' burials enmasse, many urging people to show up in their thousands to not just honorably lay the duo to rest but also send a strong message to the Kenyan leadership.