Nairobi County Chief Officer for Citizen Engagement and Customer Service, Geoffrey Mosiria has shared a chilling encounter with street children just weeks after reported mass deaths.

Taking to his official X account on Saturday, February 7, 2026, Mosiria narrated how children with full potential and talents end up getting wasted in the streets.

“It’s unfortunate that we have such bright and talented minds living in the streets, full of potential, yet their abilities remain unnoticed and unsupported. Many of these young people are intelligent, hardworking, and capable of achieving great things, but life circumstances have denied them the opportunities they deserve,” Mosiria noted.

On his part, Mosiria pledged to members of the society to take up the responsibility by utilising the available resources to change the lives of the street families.

“As a society, we cannot continue to ignore them. We must wake up and take responsibility by utilising the available resources to change the lives of these street families. With guidance, education, and support, their stories can be transformed from struggle to success,” Mosiria said.

Further encouraging netizens not to walk past them instead help in restoring hope and dignity to them.

“Let us not walk past them as if they don’t matter. They are our children, our brothers and sisters, and the future of our nation. A small act of help today can restore hope and dignity to a life tomorrow,” he added.

Mass death of street kids

Mosiria’s encounter comes weeks after more than ten street children were reported dead under unclear circumstances. An autopsy on the bodies of street families who were found dead at various places in Nairobi revealed pneumonia was the cause of the deaths. 

The postmortem also blamed starvation and bodily injuries on some of the victims, officials said. Some of the children were killed in mob injustice incidents after being accused of, for instance, stealing.

Police said they collected some of the bodies from alleys and streets in the past month and took them to the mortuary. Ten of the bodies were buried at the Langata Cemetery in an emotional ceremony on Thursday, January 29, 2026. 

Pathologists said most of the bodies had lung infections linked to pneumonia. This caused the deaths. 

There were concerns about the deaths of about 15 street families in the city in the past month alone.  One of them had drowned, the autopsy said. 

The postmortem was conducted at the City Mortuary on Thursday before the bodies were buried. 

The other street families joined the event.

The air at Langata Cemetery was heavy with grief and unasked questions as Nairobi bid a tearful farewell to the ten of its street children, their young lives cut short by the harsh indifference of the city.