An ardent Azimio La Umoja supporter still contend moving around with a bullet stuck inside his body.
Victor Oreme is among the opposition's supporters allegedly shot by police during the anti-government mass action protests.
He recalled that the round pierced through his right arm into his chest.
Oreme said medics who attended to him concluded removing the round would be a risky task, counselling him to learn how to live with it the rest of his life.
"Recently, we went for a check-up in Russia, and the doctors said they can't do the operation that I just learn to survive with the bullet. But it is something that has happened, we have to continue with life," he said.
He spoke on Friday, August 11, in Bondo, Siaya County, where Azimio luminaries held requiem for victims of police brutality.
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He thanked the Azimio leadership led by former prime minister Raila Odinga for being in solidarity with those injured during the demonstrations, and families whose loved ones died.
At the same function, the leaders blasted Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome over his recent remarks.
The police boss had asserted that the opposition rented bodies from morgues to claim they were killed by the police.
"We have seen in the recent past senior members of the society going to mortuaries, hiring dead bodies, and then telling the media that these people were killed by police officers. How low can some of our leaders sink?” claimed Koome.
The Azimio leaders termed Koome's sentiments as insensitive, hinting at starting the process to remove him from office.
Human rights groups had reported that over 30 people were killed during the demonstrations, with Azimio holding that the number of deaths resulting from the supposed police brutality stands at 50.
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