Gen-Z protesters along Kenyatta Avenue as they remembered 60 young people who died in last year's finance bill demonstrations on June 25, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
Gen-Z protesters along Kenyatta Avenue as they remembered 60 young people who died in last year's finance bill demonstrations on June 25, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
The Gen Z-led protests that erupted in Kenya in June 2024, sparked by opposition to the Finance Bill, were driven more by emotion than by a full understanding of the country’s economic realities. While the protests were framed as a stand against punitive tax measures and an effort to shield parents from financial pressure, they overlooked the complex fiscal context Kenya is navigating.