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Reasons Generation X are Kenya's unsung heroes and heroines

A frustrated man sitting at his desk. (Courtesy/iStock)

Anyone who has trod this earth for more than 50 years will perhaps tell you that the attitude of the Gen Z is not entirely strange. While they have done a good job using technology to marshal each other's support, their zeal for change is not anything unusual.

You see, back in the days when it was still mandatory for college-going students to attend NYS, the policemen hated universities' strikes. Gen X had a knack for throwing stones that even Luos in Kondele could not match. They fought hard for anything they deemed right and were known to chase policemen across the city.

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