Families of fallen Gen Z victims during the June 25, 2024, protests have issued a formal notice to the Central Police Station, seeking permission to hold a peaceful procession in their honour.
Accompanied by notable activists, the families informed the police that they wish to organise peaceful marches on June 25, 2025, to the Office of the President and Parliament, in remembrance of the young people who died while protesting against the Finance Bill 2024.
According to the families, the planned protest is intended to be a peaceful procession.
Participants will gather to commemorate the lives lost during the demonstrations by laying flowers outside Parliament, where most of the victims died, as a symbolic gesture to honour their memory.
“Families of victims of comrades who were killed during GenZ protests last year are at Central Police Station to issue a notice to police for a peaceful march on 25th June 2025,” read a statement by Hussein Khalid, one of the activists who accompanied them to the station.
In addition to laying flowers and lighting candles, the families will also issue a memorandum for justice, a written statement outlining their grievances and demands.
The memorandum will highlight what went wrong during the protests, call for investigations into the events, demand accountability from those responsible, and propose concrete measures to prevent similar tragedies in future.
Among the families that visited Central Police Station to issue the notice were Gillian Munyao, the mother of Rex Masai, and other parents whose children were killed during the peaceful demonstrations in June 2024.
Activist Boniface Mwangi, who was present during the attempt to deliver the letter, claimed that officers at Central Police Station were refusing to accept the notice, urging Kenyans to show support.
“They’re there to notify police of the June 25, 2025 remembrance protest. Police are refusing to accept the letter. Media & solidarity needed,” Mwangi tweeted.
Several opposition leaders have called for June 25 to be declared a public holiday in honour of the fallen youths.
However, the government, through spokesperson Isaac Mwaura, dismissed the proposal, urging Kenyans to ignore the calls and go about their normal economic activities on that day.
“We have heard people say June 25 will be a public holiday. There is no public holiday on June 25. It is a working day if it falls on a weekday," Mwaura said.
