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My Unrequited Advice to My fellow Gen Zs

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  Dear Reader, Like fate would have it, we got tired of the BS being fed to us by the older generation and mostly the government and all the governmental institutions that were supposed to protect us. We decided to take matters into our own hands and fight for change. But if we really want to make a difference, unlike our other counterparts or every youth-led movement, our approach needs to change. So here is my unrequited advice. The 1975 student protests, also known as the Kenya National Union of Students (KNUS) protests, occurred before Daniel Arap Moi's election as president of Kenya in 1978. These protests were part of a larger wave of student unhappiness with then-President Jomo Kenyatta's government. The student protests were primarily motivated by dissatisfaction with government policies, such as education, political persecution, and the country's overall economic difficulties. Sounds familiar? But let's get to case study 2. On Saba Saba 1990, opposition groups...