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EXPLAINER: Why Kenya’s Gen Zs are protesting

June 25, 2025, marks the first anniversary of the Gen Z protests amid a fresh wave of demonstrations.

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by JAMES MBAKA

News23 June 2025 - 13:50
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Protesters take to the Nairobi streets to demonstrate against the murder of Albert Ojwang on June 12, 2025/FILE

Kenya’s Gen Z — young people born between the late 1990s and early 2010s — have emerged as a powerful political force, staging protests and igniting national conversations that are shaking the foundations of Kenyan governance.

On June 25, 2024, the country’s young population staged historic protests in the country and stormed the country’s Parliament.

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