One year on since revolt, Gen Z still waits for reforms

Youth during Gen Z protests in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

In June 2024, thousands of young people took to the streets across Kenya in one of the most audacious displays of generational defiance in the country's recent history.

Armed with smartphones, placards, and urgency in their voices, they denounced police brutality, rampant youth unemployment, and exclusion from national decision-making.