A man stands his ground along Tom Mboya street during demonstration against the Finance Bill 2024 on June 2nd, 2024. Mboya’s bronze monument towers only metres from the spot where he was felled, and it has become the centrepiece of ongoing protests fronted by Kenyan youth. There are many parallels between Gen Z in the streets and the life of Mboya. Mboya was 38 when he was murdered, so he’d legitimately fit the “youth” moniker that applies to Gen Z and Millennials. He also organised students’ airlifts that sent hundreds of Kenyan youths to the US in the 1950s and 1960s.

Source: Daily Nation July 04, 2024 22:31 UTC