Booker Ngesa Omole, General Secretary of the Communist Party Marxist Kenya, joins the show from Nairobi, where mass youth-led protests have erupted against the deepening economic crisis and police repression enabled by President William Ruto. Ngesa Omole explains how this week’s protests were sparked by the commemoration of the #EndBadGovernance protests that swept Kenya one year ago and how Ruto’s government has responded with a sweeping media blackout and deadly force, shutting down all TV stations and firing live ammunition at protestors.
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