Uhuru's cousin Kibathi Muigai to be buried Friday
He passed on last week at the age of 72.
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Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has criticised retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for urging the youth to come out boldly and fight for their rights.
Addressing an alumni gathering of the Garissa High School, Duale said the political class should be a good example to the young generation
“We need to encourage young people to keep the peace and stability in our country. We must tell them to respect the Constitution and the rule of law,” he said.
On Friday, Uhuru said the youth commonly known as Gen Z including his daughter Ngina should not just sit around and let what they toiled for be taken away.
Speaking at the burial of his cousin, a veteran rally driver Kibathi Muigai, Uhuru said many people have become afraid of defending what rightfully belongs to them.
“The problem with you is that you have become afraid, even you Ngina join the others because Gen Z is the story of the future. Fight for your rights and stop just sitting around while your hard-earned sacrifice is taken away. Fight until justice is served because nothing lasts forever,” he said.
His sentiments come barely a month after President William Ruto paid him a courtesy call at his Ishaweri home in Gatundu.
Kenya recently witnessed unprecedented nationwide protests in defiance of the government's proposed tax increases which also elicited police brutality.
“Generation Z” popularly referred to as “Gen Z”, used social media to mobilise against the Kenya Finance Bill 2024 and other excesses, led these protests
Unlike in the past when protests were organised by the
political elite, sections of civil society, and trade unions, these protests
were inspired by crosscutting concerns about the sorry state of the Kenyan
economy, unresponsive politics, decrepit and classist education and health
sectors, and extrajudicial and summary killings and enforced disappearances.
The protesters were united across ethnic, regional, gender and religious lines.
