A year since the June 2024 anti-government protests, there has been no meaningful change to address the plight of youth, observes Embakasi East MP Babu Owino.
Abductions, unemployment and police brutality overseen by a tone-deaf administration, he says, are still the order of the day and there is need for the government to change tact lest the country slides into a lawless state.
In an interview with Spice FM, the lawmaker recounted the events of July 2024 where Parliament was breached, City Hall and lawmakers' properties set on fire, and which ultimately led to President William Ruto firing his entire Cabinet.
While acknowledging that the Finance Bill 2024, which sought to raise more than Sh302 billion additional revenue through taxes, was the main bone of contention, he blamed Parliament's high-handedness and the government's oppression of its people for the insurrection by the youth.
