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The year 2024 marked a turning point in Kenya’s civic landscape, after an unprecedented wave of youth-led protests driven by Gen Z rage and fueled by proposals in the Finance Bill 2024. For the ...
There is a broader warning to ruling elites from Mozambique to Nigeria and from Uganda to Togo, all of which have seen recent ...
Valentine Wanjiru, the founder of the 6.25 Movement in the United States, has explained why she confronted former Deputy ...
Glued to their phones, immersed in TikTok trends, and constantly chasing WiFi signals, Kenya’s Gen Z appeared disengaged from anything beyond their screens.
The proportion of millennials actively using the Internet in Kenya beat that of members of the Zoomer generation (Gen Z) during the year ended June 2024, dispelling a popular notion that the latter ...
The so-called "Gen Z" protesters, the product of free schooling introduced two decades ago, have no recollection of authoritarian rule. Many were not yet born when Kenya introduced multi-party ...
A new U.S. State Department’s Country Report on Human Rights Practices has revealed that Kenyan authorities had an active ...
Anti-riot policed officers rough up one of the protesters during the June 25, 2025, demonstrations in Nairobi's CBD. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] The vigorous return of Gen-Z activities in Kenya’s ...
The youth leading the protests must not repeat the mistakes of previous generations. They must demand real change.
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Gen Z have key to the challenge of nationhood

Kenya’s Gen Z may be the country’s last hope for reimagining a broken system entrenched by cynical, outdated leadership.
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has strongly defended police officers over the deaths that occurred during recent ...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Youth-led protests against police brutality and poor governance have erupted across Kenya again on Wednesday, with thousands making their way to the central business district in ...