Kenya: How Kenya's Youth Shut Down Nairobi Without Throwing a Stone

[Capital FM] On Monday, July 7, 2025, a familiar pattern played out across Nairobi and several towns in Kenya: closed shops, empty roads, and unusually quiet city streets. Yet, this time, the disruption wasn't triggered by violence or formal opposition calls to action -- it was orchestrated by Kenya's digitally native youth, the Gen Z generation, armed only with smartphones and the power of social media. Source