A year after ‘Gen Z' activists stormed parliament in Nairobi shaking the foundations of President William Ruto's legitimacy a new round of protests on 25 June were greeted with lethal force tear gas and water cannons...

Last year's mass protests in Kenya forced President William Ruto to drop tax hikes and shake up his ministerial team as ratings agencies downgraded Kenya's debt (AC Vol 65 No 14 Youth revolt wins after Ruto scraps finance bill and pledges talks)...

Critics include the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) an autonomous African Union body as well as Kenya's President William Ruto and Akinwumi Adesina who stepped down as AfDB president last month...

Earlier this year performances of the Gen Z-inspired play Echoes of War written by former Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala were also banned by President William Ruto's government...

We hear that convoys of trucks carrying military hardware now move from Mombasa to South Sudan and Darfur via Uganda despite concerns from Kenyan security officials who cannot override President William Ruto's approval...

The launch of Rigathi Gachagua's Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) marks the latest challenge to President William Ruto's standing in central Kenya a region where he claimed 75% of the vote helping secure his victory in August 2022...