Ruto and Gen Z agree that enough is enough but differ on what is enough

President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the second day of the third National Executive Retreat at the KCB Leadership Centre in Kajiado County, on June 20, 2025. [File, Standard].

In the aftermath of deadly and violent protests on Saba Saba Day, with almost 40 dead and up to 130 injured according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights,  President William Ruto has proclaimed more than once that “Enough is Enough”, while former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his “partner in arms” in the broad based government, suggests a “National Intergenerational Conclave” as the latest dialogue brainwave to address ongoing national crisis. 

Of course, there is more that we have heard from the President, like the shocking, but widely-ridiculed, “shoot to maim” order as a modifier to his Security Minister’s earlier “shoot to kill” one. It is more than a footnote that Odinga has publicly expressed reservations with both orders.