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The Standard e-Paper
Truth Without Fear
Countries that grow fast and stay stable focus on producing what the world needs every day, not what it admires occasionally.
From independence, African states inherited economies that were politically centralised but economically thin.
Disasters are rarely surprises. They are signals. They reveal where systems are incomplete, where coordination is weak, and where long-term investments have been deferred.
Each season brings new policy announcements, task forces, and reform agendas.
Across multiple sectors, from fuel pricing to public services, a pattern is becoming difficult to ignore.
Voter registration drives, decentralised civic networks, and issue-based organising are less visible than protest, but potentially more consequential.
Recent fuel protests have exposed something deeper than public anger over pump prices.
Kenya faces growing public doubt amid crises, highlighting weakened confidence in institutions and calls for greater transparency, accountability and responsiveness.
Young people are not demanding perfection from the state. They are asking for fairness. They want institutions that listen, and leaders that are accountable leaders.
Two years after the June 25 Gen Z protests, the country continues to grapple with questions of police accountability, proportional use of force, and constitutional rights.
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