When Kenya’s Gen Z got here out onto the streets of Nairobi, they hoped the federal government would hearken to them. As an alternative, the police responded with tear gasoline, water cannon and dwell ammunition which resulted within the deaths of 39 demonstrators.
The preliminary outrage was sparked by a bit of laws generally known as the Finance Invoice 2024, that sought to lift taxes on a number of primary items. Many Kenyans say day by day life is already unaffordable. The notion was that the federal government was forcing the younger and poor to bear the brunt of the nation’s debt disaster, after years of monetary mismanagement and spending that solely advantages these in energy.
Activist Boniface Mwangi was among the many protesters, as bullets rang out and the size of the crackdown by safety forces turned obvious. Mwangi’s nickname on-line is the ‘Individuals’s Watchman’ as a result of he strives to get justice for folks whose plight would in any other case go ignored. Now, he’s in search of justice and accountability for the households of the victims who have been gunned down whereas demanding dignity.
That is the story of how Kenya’s youth fought and received, however at an immense human toll of dozens of lives.
Credit
Director: Tierney Bonini
Senior Producer: Tierney Bonini
Native Producer: George Kihara
Author: Antonia Perello
Cinematographer: Joe Mwihia
Editor: Antonia Perello
Sound Mixer: Yago Cordero Domenech
Senior Editor: Donald Cameron
