President Ruto set to host Gen Zs on X Space today
President William Ruto will engage Kenyans on social media platform X this Friday, amidst the backdrop of the recent wave of anti-government demonstrations.
The Head of State made the announcement on the aforesaid platform via a poster highlighting that the session, to be conducted on X Space, will run from 2pm to 5pm.
Ruto
is expected to engage the Kenyan youth on the platform in line with his promise
during a roundtable interview with digital media journalists held at State
House, Nairobi, on Sunday.
In the interview, the President was asked if he would join X Spaces to engage the disgruntled youth, the majority of who are Generation Z, and he responded in the affirmative.
"In the next one week, we must have this
conversation in the space where you want. I am sending you guys, one of you to
set up the space this week, maybe Thursday or Friday, why not? I will be
there," Ruto said.
He further said the youth can choose the option of identifying a
leader among them who will represent them in talks with the government, or
decide how they want to engage him if they choose to be leaderless.
"When I suggested the multi-sectoral approach,
I thought we were going to organise ourselves and this is how we are going to
participate. And by the way, I wanted the whole of that set up to be about by
young people; civil society, young people; religious organisations, young
people; professional bodies, young people," Ruto added.
He, however, stated that it has been very
difficult for him to connect with the disgruntled youth because he doesn't know
who to deal with.
"Whether it is Thursday, Friday... mkipangana
mimi niko," Ruto asserted then.
The President has called for dialogue with the
protesting youth to discuss pressing national matters, among them unemployment
and the high cost of living.
A section of the youth on the X platform have however vowed to
boycott the conversation with the Head of State, retorting that they have
already made their issues known to him over the course of the protests.
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