Youth-led protests in Nairobi gain momentum against Finance Bill 2024

The protestors vowed to maintain their resolve to push for the rejection of the Finance Bill and other changes in the country's governance. 

The demonstrations followed a blood drive and midnight protests in entertainment joints on Saturday night.

Soon after the church services concluded, youths who had worshipped at various churches in Nairobi and its environs gathered outside the Kenya National Archives. 

They congregated here to take to the streets of the capital in unison with their counterparts who have been conducting nearly daily protests against the Finance Bill 2024.

Waving placards conveying messages of resistance and rejection of the Finance Bill, they marched through the nearly deserted streets of the city. 

Buoyed by both religious and resistance songs, the youths were adamant that they stood in unity with other young people across the country who have been calling for the bill's rejection.

The peaceful demonstration was overseen by riot police, who had little work to do the entire afternoon. 

The demonstrations were preceded by a significant turnout of youths for a blood drive in the capital. 

Some of those who donated said they were responding to a call made on X by medics covering the demonstrations, in preparation for Tuesday's protests.

The youth-led protests were also observed in entertainment joints across the country from 11:59 PM on Saturday night. 

Club DJs, adhering to the day's programme of the "7 Days of Rage," turned off the music to allow patrons to sing anti-corruption tunes while holding their phones with torches on. 

Enthusiastic revelers sang and chanted in unison.

The revelers also paid tribute to the late Rex Kanyike Masai, a protester who was shot and later succumbed to injuries during the anti-Finance Bill demonstrations last Thursday.

Opposition leaders opposed to the bill also joined Kenyans in the nightclub protests and reiterated their stance that they will oppose it at the committee stage.

The programme continues tomorrow with more planned activities scheduled to run until Thursday.