Former State House chief of staff Nzioka Waita now says that it is time for Gen Z to find a leader among themselves.
Waita, in a statement on Wednesday, said the group should know consider picking leaders who will be key in shepherding them towards the change they desire.
"Common sense must prevail. It’s time for the leaderless to look into themselves and find men and women ready to step up and drive the change that they wish to see within the confines of our constitutional order," he said.
Waita at the same time warned against opportunists who may hijack them on the way and reap out of their efforts.
He added that while there are people who will thrive even in a collapsed government should it get there, there are also those who would want to see the worst happen for them to accept that the country has reached its breaking point.
The former State House chief of staff urged Kenyan youths to not let any of these sides win in their quest for change.
"I find people shy away from sharing difficult truths because it’s not vogue to hold a contrarian view. Thankfully I’ve seen enough not to care about popularity," he said.
"GenZ’s please know that there are vultures on either end of this quagmire. There are those who will thrive in the chaos that follows a collapsed Government and there’s another bunch who would rather see bodies pile up before they accept that Kenya has reached an inflection point. We must not let either side win."
His remarks come even as Gen Z prepare for another wave of protests on Thursday.
It is now a month since the bi-weekly protests began last month.
The last protests were held on Tuesday where at least one more person was reported dead, while scores were injured in the run-ins with the police.
On Wednesday night, however, police warned that protests would not be allowed in the Nairobi CBD.
