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Kenya’s youth are not just discontent — they’re on the edge of full-scale revolt. What began as peaceful opposition to oppressive tax policies has mutated into something deeper and far more volatile: a complete rejection of the existing political order.
In the streets, on social media, and in the hearts of millions of young people, there’s a new energy — one that no longer believes in petitions, parliamentary debates, or electoral promises. And when a generation feels it has nothing to lose, the unimaginable becomes possible.
Over 70% of Kenya’s population is under the age of 35 — yet they hold virtually no economic power. Unemployment and underemployment rates among young Kenyans are staggering. University graduates are hawking peanuts in traffic.
Diploma holders drive boda bodas or simply stay home. Informal sector jobs offer no stability, and even those working full time are barely scraping by.
Meanwhile, the political elite flaunt obscene wealth, drive fuel-guzzling convoys, and live behind fortress walls. The contrast is violent — and unsustainable.
State violence has become the norm. Tear gas, live bullets, torture in cells — these are now the symbols of state interaction with the youth. The June 25 protests saw minors shot, medics assaulted, and dozens killed. Many of those deaths were deliberate, public, and executed with impunity.
This isn’t just repression — it’s radicalization in motion. Every blow from a police baton, every unlawful killing, pushes thousands further into a mindset that the current system cannot be reformed — only overthrown.
Successive governments have promised “youth empowerment.” They’ve offered empty positions in toothless commissions, created PR campaigns masquerading as jobs, and handed out micro-loans to bury the larger truth: the state has no long-term plan for its young population.
The result? The youth have stopped expecting help. Now, they demand power. Not in the future. Not through votes. But immediately — by any means necessary.
This generation isn’t relying on TV bulletins or government briefings. They move through Telegram groups, Twitter (X) spaces, TikTok threads, and encrypted chats. They don’t wait for permission to organize — they organize on impulse. Hashtags become rallies. Memes become war cries. Viral videos replace manifestos.
This fluid, leaderless, and decentralized form of resistance is hard to infiltrate and even harder to predict. The state is fighting a ghost — and losing.
What once stood as pillars of the Republic — the judiciary, police oversight, Parliament — now appear as hollow, corrupted shells. The courts are distrusted, MPs are seen as traitors, and watchdog bodies are either compromised or silenced.
In such an environment, a power vacuum becomes possible. If government authority collapses in a crisis moment — say a blackout during mass protests, a military mutiny, or mass civil servant defection — it could invite organized youth factions to step in. Not just to demand reform, but to seize control.
A modern coup doesn’t always begin with soldiers marching into State House. In the digital age, control of information, public institutions, and civic obedience can shift dramatically without a single bullet fired.
If Kenya’s youth — organized, angry, and fearless — decide to paralyze revenue offices, shut down government systems, seize county administrations, and install alternative local structures, it may not resemble a coup in the traditional sense. But it would carry the same revolutionary force.
The current leadership, instead of listening, has responded to youth agitation with arrogance and brutality. But repression does not extinguish desperation — it fuels it. Kenya’s youth are no longer just asking for jobs or fairness. They are now asking why a corrupt minority should continue to rule over a suffering majority.
If no course correction comes, and if those in power continue to act deaf and blind to what’s happening beneath them, it won’t just be another protest in the streets. It could be the collapse of a regime built on exclusion, arrogance, and fear. And it will be led by the generation that was pushed too far.
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