Gen Z demonstrations Stories

More Kenyans disappeared during anti-riot operations than during anti-terror operations in 2024, report shows
Mary Wambui  |  May 08, 2025

A total of 55 incidents of enforced disappearances occurred between January and December 2024.

Gen Z-led protests, floods dent Kenya's economic growth in 2024 to 4.7 per cent
Alfred Onyango  |  May 06, 2025

Kenya's economy grew much slower than anticipated in 2024, recording a GDP growth rate of 4.7 per cent against the projected 5.7 per cent.

Justice for our Mashujaa: Parents of Gen Z anti-finance Bill protest victims petition state over killings
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 04, 2025

Munyao, the mother of 19-year-old Rex Masai, who was fatally shot on Moi Avenue during the protests, is spearheading the petition, which has already a...

Five Gen Z protest-related cases closed, others still under review - ODPP
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 30, 2025

Four other cases are still under investigation or awaiting further action, and two referred to public inquests set for mention or hearing in the comin...

Amnesty International calls for accountability, transparency in KDF's role during Gen Z protests
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 29, 2025

Despite high-level promises from the government to ensure accountability, Amnesty pointed out that there has been little progress in holding those res...

BBC investigation links KDF officers to brutality during deadly anti-government protests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

One of the findings was that one shooter had a unique dress code, unlike the plainclothes police officers at the scene, raising doubts about whether h...

Raila: I stopped Ruto’s regime from falling under military rule during Gen Z protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 16, 2025

He explained that the government’s decision to call in the military to quell the protests was a grave mistake that could have resulted in soldiers ass...

The year youth-led protests redefined political resistance in Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 27, 2024

While the Finance Bill may have served as the immediate trigger, the protests were, in reality, a response to a much deeper frustration with Kenya’s g...

US demands accountability in Kenya amid wave of killings, abductions
Amina Wako  |  Nov 08, 2024

Despite reassurances from Deputy President Kithure Kindiki about improved security measures, cases of abductions and disappearances continue to increa...

HRW calls for end to criminal charges against anti-government protesters
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 06, 2024

The organisation said witnesses and survivors of the spate of abductions said abductors drove unmarked cars.

Gen Z anti-tax demos dented Kenya’s GDP growth prospect for 2025 - IMF
Alfred Onyango  |  Nov 02, 2024

Tthe IMF has lowered Kenya's GDP growth forecast for the country to 5.0 per cent.

Interior CS Kindiki says 42 people, not 61, died during Gen Z protests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 26, 2024

CS Kindiki also defended the police response to the protests, insisting that there is no evidence of brutality.

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