BLOOD, BETRAYAL, AND THE BETRAYED PROMISE OF LEADERSHIP
June 25th — A Day Kenya Must Never Forget There are dates that pass quietly, and there are dates that carve themselves into the conscience of a nation. June 25th is not just another day on the calendar of the Republic of Kenya, it is a wound, a scar etched in the hearts of a generation. A solemn reminder of the price paid by young Kenyans who dared to dream, to speak, and to stand. On this day, we remember the mass arrests, the abductions, and the killings of Kenyan youth during the Gen Z uprising of 2024–2026 protests. We remember not just the bodies that fell, but the voices that were silenced, the futures that were stolen, and the hope that was met with brutality. A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. Yet in our time, we have witnessed a leadership that cuts down trees and calls it development, that fears the shade of its own people, that mistakes the voice of the youth for noise instead of truth. Kenya does not hav...