Killed protesters’ mothers met with state violence
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Jacinta Anyango (left), mother of 12-year-old Kennedy Onyango, who died during last year's protests; former Chief Justice David Maraga (centre); and Gillian Munyao (right), mother of the late Rex Masai, who was also killed during similar protests, march along Kimathi Street in Nairobi on June 25, 2025.
A solemn remembrance for victims of the June 25, 2024 protests turned chaotic on Nairobi's Kimathi Street as police fired tear gas at grieving families and activists attempting to lay flowers at the spot where Rex Masai, the first victim, was shot.
Mothers of slain protesters, including Rex Masai's mother, expressed profound anguish and a sense of betrayal, questioning why they were treated like criminals and lamenting the continued lack of justice for their sons.
Former Chief Justice David Maraga and opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka joined the families in solidarity.
What was meant to be a solemn remembrance turned into chaos on Nairobi’s Kimathi Street on Wednesday, as grieving families who lost loved ones in the June 25, 2024, protests were engulfed in tear gas fired by police—ironically while demanding justice for the very brutality that claimed their kin.
