Roots Party leader George Wajackoyah. /FILERoots Party leader George Wajackoyah has assessed the Gen Z movement whose emergence in mid-2024 significantly altered Kenya’s political trajectory and precipitated the formation of a broad-based government. Wajackoyah said that while Gen Z activists earned legitimacy through the substance of the issues they raised, the political change they desire can only be realised through participation in the electoral process. The Gen Z revolt erupted in June 2024 at the height of parliamentary debate on the now-impugned Finance Bill, 2024, which proposed a raft of tax measures widely viewed as punitive. The truce eased tensions, but Gen Z activists have since maintained what they describe as silent protests, vowing to make the Ruto administration a one-term government.

Source: The Star January 13, 2026 13:19 UTC