Why the bubbling Gen-Z has lost its heat

Anti-Finance bill protestors match along the streets of Nairobi on June 26, 2024. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The unlikely alliance between President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga has brought a surprising calm to the Generation Z (Gen-Z) protests that once shook Kenya to its core.

This political partnership, which many thought impossible, appears to have successfully quelled the fiery demonstrations that culminated in the storming of Parliament on June 25, an event that led President Ruto to take the drastic step of sacking his entire Cabinet under mounting...