Kenya: Kalonzo Announces Candlelight Vigil to Honour June 25 Gen Z Protest Victims

Kenya: Kalonzo Announces Candlelight Vigil to Honour June 25 Gen Z Protest Victims

Nairobi -- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called on Kenyans to light candles at Parliament Buildings on June 25 in memory of the youth killed during protests against the Finance Bill, 2024.

'Better if he was dead': Kenyan mother's search for son year after protests

Susan Wangari has lost count of the morgues, hospitals and police stations she has visited in search of her son, who went missing at the height of Kenya’s mass protests last June. She last saw Emmanuel Mukuria, 24, on the morning of June 25, 2024, the day that thousands of Kenyan youths thronged the streets of Nairobi and stormed parliament in protest at planned tax rises and corruption. “It would be better if my son were dead; at least I could …

Kalonzo announces candlelight vigil to honour June 25 Gen Z protest victims

“On the 25th of June, I have this idea—that Kenyans should go there and light candles in front of the gates, because we must honour the young Kenyans who died or were injured during confrontations with the police,” Kalonzo said. - Kenya breaking news