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Earlier this year, a new young generation of Kenyans went out to protest a crippling finance bill and a government that is undermining their future. The protests, though met by brutal state violence, have fundamentally shifted the Kenyan political landscape.
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is a Kenyan writer and editor. His debut short collection, Half Portraits Under Water, was published in 2024.



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