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Gen Z's dream shouldn't get lost amid ongoing political changes

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Anti-government protest along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, July 26, 2024. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The political events in Kenya shift so fast that one day you are in hell, another day you are in no man's land and the next day you are in heaven. We have been in hell for the last two months.

We have lost young people who came out of their shells to articulate what they believe are socio-political ills in their country. Others are nursing wounds. Others are in bad shape mentally not knowing what to do next. This picture is best captured by the memorial events taking place such as the one that happened in Nakuru County last Sunday.

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