
Kenya’s Youth Protesters Are Ready to Govern
The Kenya Left Alliance played a role in organizing the country’s recent rebellion against regressive tax reforms and police brutality. Now it’s launching a bid for power in the 2027 elections.
Sungu Oyoo is a writer, educator, organizer, and Pan-Africanist from Kenya. He is the Coordinator of Mwamko, a Pan-African popular pedagogy collective, the National Spokesperson for Kongamano La Mapinduzi, and a 2027 Kenyan presidential candidate for the Kenya Left Alliance.

The Kenya Left Alliance played a role in organizing the country’s recent rebellion against regressive tax reforms and police brutality. Now it’s launching a bid for power in the 2027 elections.

In June, a series of protests led by young people and others frustrated with regressive tax reforms and police brutality swept Kenya. Its Left Alliance played a role in organizing these protests, and now it is getting ready to win electoral power.