On the eve of the June 25, 2025, protests, I received a call from a survivor of the 2007–2008 post-election violence. She told me she was terrified and wanted to move to a safer place. She said she had heard rumours that certain individuals, believed to be mobilised, were planning to attack women and blame the violence on peaceful demonstrators. Despite her efforts to alert the authorities, her warnings were met with inaction. In the end, it was not the State but concerned individuals who stepped in and helped relocate her to a temporary place of safety, a decision that,…