Families of Gen Z protest victims demand Ruto apology

Families of victims killed during the 2024 Gen Z protests address the media at the August 7th Memorial Park, Nairobi on June 20, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Families of victims of police brutality during last year’s anti-Finance Bill protests are demanding an official apology from President Ruto, a year later.

The families say the country’s top leadership has never shown remorse over the deaths despite their kin having been executed, maimed and injured by state agents.