Urbanisation is experienced through growing tensions within families over precious yet meagre plots of land.
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Besigye’s decision to break with the president put him in intense and prolonged personal danger.
In 2025, young people around the world are mobilizing to protest against injustice, precariousness and repression, and they are making their voices heard in the public sphere.
Kenya now needs to rethink its approach by targeting police funding to improve the poor working environment.
A 2010 constitution offered Kenyans economic and social rights that have faded in the face of mounting national debt.
Kenya’s slow economic growth, large educated youth population and limited job opportunities are some of the factors that gave rise to the protests.
Protests in Kenya reveal that a young, enlightened, urban population can drive a hard bargain with a state that is failing them.
Kenyan activism is witnessing a shift from ethnic-based mobilisation to issue-based activism.
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