Smart protests: How the digital generation revolutised dissent

Citizens demonstrate along the streets of Nairobi's CBD to reject the Finance Bill. June 20, 2024. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Running battles, chants of defiance, and a cascade of hashtags marked the beginning of what would become Kenya’s most significant youth-led political movement last year.

But its origins weren’t due to the political factors or the chambers of Parliament it began in the digital trenches, in tweets, memes, livestreams, and impassioned hashtags from a generation no longer willing to remain silent.