Multimedia University student in viral video claims police intended to kill him

Trevor Mathenge, a Multimedia University student nursing injuries from police brutality, says he survived death by a whisker in what he claims was a deliberate attempt to murder him.

Eight students have narrated their ordeal at the hands of law enforcers during the student strike earlier this week to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), as investigations continue.

The officers were captured in a viral video as they beat up Trevor on the floor. Chants of death echoed from four uniformed police officers as they assaulted the student.

Trevor could be heard crying for help, saying: "Afande, mimi sina makosa..."

The rogue officers ordered Trevor to stand up and go die elsewhere. They said, "Amka, enda kufa hukooo!"

A desperate Trevor begged for his life to be spared by the officers and he could be heard pleading, "Afande, mimi sijafanya kosa lolote..." The officers however continued with threats of, "Unanijua? Unanijua?"

One of the rogue officers, wearing a Kenya Police combat uniform, grabbed Trevor's private parts, momentarily dragging him on the floor.

"Nenda kufa huko!" He said. Trevor pleaded saying, "Mimi ni mtoto kama wako."

With Trevor unable to stand due to repeated blows from the officers, another officer intervened.

The video showed an officer pulling out a teargas canister as his colleague pleads with him to stop, saying "Wachana na yeye,” to which he responds; “Ni sawa, namwacha lakini nawacha yeye na dawa."

The "dawa," which translates to "medicine," referred to the teargas canister.

In a dramatic fight for survival, Trevor miraculously dodged the teargas canister moments before it exploded.

Seeing Trevor's intention to escape, the officer attempted to push him toward the explosive device - a move that could have caused devastating injuries, as a voice was heard condemning Trevor: "Kufa huko... kula vumbi..."

"When I told them my leg was broken, they kept kicking me. Then one of them said, ‘Let's kill him, juu hawezi amka.’ Then an officer in green said, ‘Hatuwezi muacha hivyo...’ When I dodged the canister, another officer said, ‘Mbona unahepa? Tutakupiga,’” he narrated.

Aside from the officers captured on camera attempting to take Trevor’s life, eyewitnesses say one officer, recorded firing a teargas canister at onlookers, was responsible for starting the fire in one of the hostels.

As Trevor continues to recuperate at the Rongai Orthopaedic Medical Center, eight other victims of police brutality have recorded statements with IPOA.