Gen Z and the protest vote

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If there is anything that gives the current crop of political leaders in office the Achilles heel, then its the Gen Z youths.

Note how they mobilize, online and organically on the ground. No mobilization funds spent the way the old guard of leaders are accustomed to. No hired buses to ferry them to meeting points, unless where it becomes necessary to crowd fund for out of town rendezvous points.

The "Tuko Kadi" slogan that surfaced the other day caught the politicians off guard, with even the State House digital strategist, Denis Itumbi, chancing on it and trying to steal the narrative and twist it to mean Kenyans "Wako Kadi" with president Ruto by trying to highlight Ruto's development record, but Kenyans, as usual, landed on him and politicians aligned to the government using the slogan by telling them they lacked creativity and were trying to hijack a movement that's not theirs. Tuko Kadi aims to mobilize young voters to register in numbers, and send the incumbents in whatever political office packing during next year's General Election.

It can be thus be said Tuko Kadi voter registration mobilization is aimed as a message; the Gen Z youths are ready for a protest vote against the very leaders that passed the oppressive Finance Bill that was later withdrawn and which before its withdrawal culminated into deadly protests in June 2024.

The reality the youths are holding that trump card to send the politicians home was revealed by none other than Gatundu North MP, Elijah Kururia, who said he doesn't care for a reelection because where he comes from legislators are rarely reelected. This kind of arrogance speaks volumes such politicians didn't give a damn over the slain youths, similar to what another legislator said around that time that people die all the time, and they, the politicians, can only sympathize with affected families and move on.  Such remarks were callous insensitivity to grieving families if their loved ones fell to police bullets.

The Gen Z youths have numbers, but seemingly are not fronting one of theirs to different elective political offices. We've seen some who were outspoken against the current regime abandoning their hard stance positions, and joining the very regime, claiming the movement was leaderless, to justify eating scraps at the high table. This is not unusual. The Mau Mau movement struggle for independence was infiltrated by such characters, showing total revulsion towards the colonists, before turning into Judases against their fellow freedom fighters and working side by side with the colonists. And its a phenomenon that observes worldwide, where spies turns into double agents betraying their countries to their enemies.

But will the Gen Z through ballot enforce a regime change next year?

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