Youthful population’s digital activism: A force to reckon with
by admin on | 2025-06-02 12:21:29 Last Updated by admin on 2025-06-04 18:30:55
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“All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution.” (Article 1(1) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010). Barely two years after ascending to power, the Kenya Kwanza regime has come under heavy criticism due to breaching a social contract they had with the electorates drawn under their PLAN. Such breach has been characterized by the swift passage of harsh, repressive, and punitive laws, increasing the cost of socioeconomic needs through oppressive laws and models (Mangale & Schmidt, 2024). Brazenly, politicians displayed wealth and opulence at its core amidst widespread widening poverty gaps of the citizenry, further affirming the perceived notion of the existence of the dichotomous class of the haves and have-nots or the bourgeoisie and proletariat or even those of a good, rewarding and superior god versus those of a lesser, forgetful and unforgiving god (Milanovic, 2019). It painted a gloomy picture and reminded us of an adage in the old days that \"all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others\"(The Orwell Quotes Right-Wingers Never Mention, 2019). Frustrated by this situation, the Youthful population organized protests in Nairobi and other parts of the country, criticizing our nation\'s CEO, President William Ruto\'s failure to uphold the social contract promised under \"THE PLAN,\" which had narrowly secured their 2022 election victory and ascension to power. (Ibeh, 2024) How things in the view of the frustrated youthful population turned out after two years of ascending to power is better described by the late French philosophical writer Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu, 1689–1755, that ‘power corrupts and indeed absolute power...read more
