Two days prior to the protest, legislators passed a law requiring all protest organizers to submit logistical information about planned protests to the Ministry of the Interior. 
Siku mbili kabla ya maandamano, wabunge walipitisha sheria inayohitaji waandaaji maandamano yoyote kuwasilisha taarifa kuhusu kusudio la kuandamana kwa Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani.