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Kalonzo Musyoka honours victims of Kenya’s 2024 protests

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Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper Patriotic Front and a former Kenyan vice-president, paid tribute to young people killed during the 25 June 2024 protests against the Finance Bill. In his Mashujaa Day message on 20 October 2026, he called the protesters heroes and honoured their bereaved families, Tuko reports.

Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper Patriotic Front and a former vice-president of Kenya, paid tribute on 20 October 2026 to the young people killed during protests against the Finance Bill on 25 June 2024. In a message for Mashujaa Day, he called them national heroes, TUKO reports.

Musyoka also spoke of the parents who lost their children during the protests and said their sacrifice would never be forgotten.

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