{"id":59763,"date":"2024-06-30T18:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/ruto-open-to-dialogue-with-gen-z-on-x-space\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T18:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:02:53","slug":"ruto-open-to-dialogue-with-gen-z-on-x-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-open-to-dialogue-with-gen-z-on-x-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto open to dialogue with Gen Z on X Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 30 \u2013 President William Ruto on Sunday expressed willingness to engage in dialogue with Generation Z, who have been protesting against his administration\u2019s tax policies and governance issues.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto stated his readiness to converse with them on their preferred platform, including at X Space, to improve Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The youth have been organizing nationwide protests for two weeks over the Finance Bill 2024, which Ruto ultimately withdrew in response to pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to engage with them to understand their issues,\u201d he said during a televised joint media interview.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the perceived disconnect between the youth and the government, President Ruto affirmed his awareness of their challenges and pledged to address their concerns comprehensively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have young people in the house and I know some of their concerns,\u201d he said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 30 \u2013 President William Ruto on Sunday expressed willingness to engage in dialogue with Generation Z, who have been protesting against his administration\u2019s tax policies and governance issues. President Ruto stated his readiness to converse with them on their preferred platform, including at X Space, to improve Kenya. The youth have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}