Stop protests and give Ruto time to address your demands - MP tells Gen Z

"The Gen Z protests should now stop for a commercial break."

In Summary
  • The Gen Z protests have been triggered by the withdrawn Finance Bill, which has sparked widespread controversy and opposition.
  • The bill was criticised for its potential economic impact forcing President Ruto to withdraw it after a wave of protests.
Saboti MP Caleb Amisi
Saboti MP Caleb Amisi
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 Saboti Member of Parliament Caleb Amisi on Wednesday called on Gen Z to stop their protests and give President William Ruto time to address their demands.

"The Gen Z protests should now stop for a commercial break. We keenly watch behaviour of Ruto while drawing him a raft of radical surgeries he needs to undertake within one month, including a new cabinet," Amisi said in a statement on X.

"If we are not satisfied, we come back with five million people to Nairobi until he resigns. Kenya can be liberated without sinking into anarchy," he added.

 Amisi stated that goons are harvesting at the expense of liberation.

"It is never a one-day event," he said.

The Gen Z protests have been triggered by the withdrawn Finance Bill, which has sparked widespread controversy and opposition.

The bill was criticised for its potential economic impact forcing President Ruto to withdraw it after a wave of protests.

But even so, the youths have sustained protests demanding that President Ruto initiate more reforms in his administration.

During a media roundtable at State House Sunday night, the President agreed to Gen Z's demand that the only environment they would be comfortable discussing their issues was Space on X.

"I promised that I would engage the young people through multi-sectoral forums. I also promised the topics that I wanted us to discuss, and I’m open. I have heard that they do not want a multisectoral forum, and maybe we should engage on X, and I'm open to talking with them on a forum they are comfortable with," Ruto said.

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