Youths take part at the Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi County during the Gen Z Memorial concert honour of those killed during anti-tax protests on July 7, 2024. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
There is a revolt in Kenya against a fundamentally broken system. This system is not accidental. It’s not a result of vagaries of international events or quirks of history.
The system is deliberately designed to underwrite fabulous lifestyles of the political class, their families and cronies. In this system, state assets are just instruments of patronage. State jobs are used to reward sycophancy or buy tribal loyalty. Development projects are used to bribe a region for political support.
