In a dramatic move, Kenyan President William Ruto has today, 11 July, Ruto succumbed to one of the key requests from predominantly young demonstrators by removing all cabinet secretaries and the attorney general, with only the deputy president and the chief cabinet secretary remaining.
Kenya’s politically conscious Generation Z came of age in a tough economic environment and made its mark in national politics through three weeks of protests against tax increases proposed by Ruto to address a debt of $80 billion.
Despite the government removing some of the most controversial International Monetary Fund-backed tax hikes, Kenyans demanded Ruto scrap the proposed 2024 finance bill and called on him to resign.
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