At the height of last year's anti-government protests, President William Ruto was compelled to make concessions.
Facing mounting pressure from a series of events triggered by his administration's proposal for punitive tax measures, Ruto was left with no choice but to abandon the traditional presidential podium and meet his Gen Z critics online.
On X-spaces, he engaged directly with an agitated youth, whose ability to mobilise and stage protests against the Kenya Kwanza administration through the platform had taken the world by surprise.
There, Ruto was presented with a list of demands and criticism, which eventually led to the dissolution of his Cabinet and, later, some reforms in his government.
