Kenya’s President William Ruto has begun a historic public online forum with anti-tax protesters on social media platform X Spaces, saying he is there to listen.
His 31-year-old daughter Charlene Ruto billed it as “the first ever president in the world to hold an online meeting with all Gen Z”.
This is a reference to the young people behind the recent protests that have rocked her father’s presidency.
The demonstrations against his finance bill were organised via X Spaces, a feature that allows users to host live audio conversations with others on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
A section of Kenyans on X has vowed to boycott the president’s chat and has planned a parallel Space to counter the conversation.
They argue that Mr Ruto already knows their demands.
Source:BBC
