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How digital literacy powered Gen Z uprising, uplifted dissenting voices

Youth in a procession to commemorate victims of the Gen Z protest in Naivasha, on June 25, 2025. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

When thousands of Kenyan youth took to the streets and flooded social media platforms last year in what became known as the Gen Z protests, it wasn’t just anger or frustration that fueled the movement, it was education. 

As protests against the Finance Bill 2024 erupted across the country, a new generation of digitally savvy youth emerged as the driving force behind one of the most well coordinated and widespread civic unrest in recent history. 

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