Kudos for demanding accountability – Karua to Gen-Zs

By Peter Ochieng

Narc Kenya Party leader Martha Karua has given a thumbs up to Kenyan youth, famously known as millennials and Gen-Zs, for standing up and demanding accountability from the powers that be.

Kenyan youth have sustained protests against President William Ruto’s administration for about a month now, starting with calls against the Finance Bill, 2024, before shifting gears towards the push for good governance.

Taking to her X page, Karua, the 2022 Azimio La Umoja One Kenya deputy Presidential candidate said she is happy to be alive during this point in time, when young people are demanding for integrity, accountability and justice from their leaders.

“I am incredibly grateful to witness Gen Z in Kenya reclaiming our agency and fearlessly demanding accountability from political and religious leaders, succeeding in ways we, as politicians, have struggled to achieve. And the Gen-Zs have done it better than we ever did as politicians,” noted Karua.

She said what the young people have done is by far better than what they did as Azimio, when they called for protests against the high cost of living last year.

“Last year, we tried to wake up the country on issues of the cost of living, accountability etcetera. We did to a certain extent, but our children have done it better. They have asked the relevant questions to anyone, without fear or favour. Where we politicians would fear the church, we cannot dare confront them because if they all ganged up together, they would finish you.”

The seasoned politician applauded the youth for initiating the conversation they in the opposition wanted. “They have told the church to be accountable too. Preach the gospel and be first to adhere to the gospel you preach. They have raised the bar of accountability to the leadership generally.”

The protests have already witnessed president William Ruto withdraw the Finance Bill 2024, besides dissolving his entire cabinet.