Nigeria, July 11 -- In the annals of African political history, a disturbing trend continues to repeat itself, leaders who rise to power on the shoulders of the youth, only to turn against them once they settle into office. The recent events in Kenya under the administration of President William Ruto have painfully reaffirmed this pattern. The brutality meted out to protesting Kenyan youths over the Finance Bill 2024 has cast a long, dark shadow over his presidency and has exposed a glaring betrayal of the people he once vowed to serve

Before I am asked "Wetin concern you with wetin dey happen for Kenya?", it is not out of place to explain by saying that what made me to be expressing my views against Ruto's ruthlessness towards Kenyan yo...