More than a year after the Finance Bill uprising, young Kenyans say intimidation, smear campaigns and coordinated digital ...

Names changed to protect identities Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a ...

On June 25, 2024, Kenya witnessed a rupture in its post-2002 political consensus. What began as resistance to the Finance Bill—a set of regressive taxes backed by the IMF and marketed as “fiscal ...

Recent youth-led protests against older politicians, corruption, slow economic growth, and lack of economic opportunity have ...

In June, a series of protests led by young people and others frustrated with regressive tax reforms and police brutality swept Kenya. Its Left Alliance played a role in organizing these protests, and ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Protesters braving police batons, water cannon and occasional bullets on Kenya's streets this week have taken up a rallying cry that is likely to unnerve its embattled president, ...

Amnesty reports Kenya used digital trolls and surveillance to suppress Gen Z protests against taxes/corruption, linked to ...

The unrest among Generation Z reveals how inadequate communication and a lack of understanding about the reforms can lead to widespread resistance and undermine policy objectives, IMF insiders said.

Veronicah Mbindyo is among the scores of young Kenyans caught up in mass arrests after June 25 anniversary protests, which marked a year since the country’s historic Gen Z uprising, when tens of ...

A section of youths who attended a church service at Holy Family Basilica said they were against Finance Bill 2024. [Collins Kweyu,Standard] Of all the fundamental rights ever codified to how a ...

To Gen Z, the internet is not a tool — it’s home. From Mombasa’s bustling streets to dorm rooms in Eldoret, they move fluidly across digital spaces, creating trends, conversations, and opportunities ...