P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT

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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Then we begin.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you so much Collins Watiema,
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Comrade Collins.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Welcome to the interview and this
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interview is a research interview.
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Could you please introduce yourself?
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Thank you Kenya
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for this opportunity.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
My name is Collins Watiema.
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I'm a 30 year old Kenyan youth who
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actively participated in the
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uh john uh finance bill protests
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uh in the recent years and uh
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well i'm glad that uh i'll participate in this
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uh interview to at least uh help you
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out to the body of knowledge as far as whatever you're studying is concerned
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
thank you very much colin's and welcome again to the interview
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title of this research is social media use on
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x and political participation among activists a
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case of the 2024 kenya finance bill protests in
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nairobi and we go straight to the questions uh
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i will ask 10 questions and one
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final reflection and i may ask you probing questions
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for each question
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Question number one is,
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can you briefly describe your involvement in the 2024
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Kenya Finance Bill protests and the role you played?
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S… Speaker 3 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yeah, so I believe it was in 2024
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when the youth
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and the country at large was a bit uneasy because
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of...
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of the raising cost of living and there was a proposed
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finance bill that would not make the
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lives of Kenyans any better rather it would have hardened the situation
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and so we as patriotic citizens took
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it upon ourselves too.
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to air a voice and to call out the
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government on this particular matter.
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And basically it was all about raising cost
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of living.
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So there was a lot of mobilization for me as an individual,
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just like millions of Kenyans aired my grievances
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through social media platforms and X was one of them.
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So I actively followed what other youth
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have been.
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i also commented yeah and it was from there where mobilization
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was at what was at peak so from the social media mobilization
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we were able to agree that uh on this particular date which
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was on 24th that we'd uh go to the street
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of nairobi cbd where we'd
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have peaceful protests and of course the protest never
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turned out to be peaceful as we had anticipated because there was a lot of
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collision between
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us,
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the protesters,
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and the men in blue.
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And it ended,
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it was really chaotic.
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We lost lives and there was a lot of disease.
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whatever,
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destruction.
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But for all,
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I actively participated in the demonstrations.
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Thank you very much,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
sir. Thank you very much,
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sir, for that answer.
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And if I may ask the nature
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of your involvement,
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did you get involved as an activist,
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as an organizer,
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content creator,
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volunteer,
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or participant?
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Well,
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S… Speaker 7 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I'll just say...
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay, an activist is a bit extreme.
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And I'll basically say
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I protested as a patriot.
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As a patriot.
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Who was calling out the government.
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As a patriot.
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As a patriot.
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So it means you are a participant.
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And did you use X during
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that time?
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Sorry?
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Did you post any content on X during that time?
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S… Speaker 5 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
for me as an individual,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I'm not so good at posting,
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but on commenting,
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I really commented.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Which means you participated.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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yes, yes.
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I actively participated.
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Both online and offline on the streets.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes, exactly.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you very much,
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sir. And if I may ask also,
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I know there was
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a build up to the 25th of
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June 2024 storming of Parliament,
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which was,
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I think, the peak of the protests.
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which means there was a build -up towards that both online and
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people calling for street protests a couple of weeks
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before the 25th of June 2024.
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If I may ask,
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what was the duration of your participation both online and offline
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during that time?
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Well, I'll say my participation was
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full -time.
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Because from the moment when the finance bill was proposed,
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I exported it.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
That was a few weeks before 25th,
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yeah? Yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes, yes,
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yes. So there was this online debate as to whether it
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is a good document or it is not.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
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As public participation was continuing,
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most of the questions that were arising from the finance
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bill were not answered.
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Rather, the members of
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parliament were really diverging from these critical questions.
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Rather, they were just trying to sugarcoat things and
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to give faults.
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analysis of the report and that denotes it well because there's a
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common saying that they are no longer fools in this in this
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era sorry if that is the harsh word but once
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as as soon as we we spotted this
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a lot of a lot of
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things that were not going to ease in our lives.
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At that moment,
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I became very,
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very active because I wanted to see what are other people saying about this particular finance
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bill. And I was really curious.
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So when I say full -time,
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I was actively on social media.
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For me as an individual,
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I rarely use Instagram because I'm not a person who loves posting
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or seeing maybe how people are posting their personal lives.
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I'm not active on,
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let's say,
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maybe Facebook.
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To some extent I am,
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because you see that is a very,
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very, why do you use the social media platform?
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People can exchange ideas.
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The place,
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or rather the platform that I use most is X,
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because in X there's a lot of sober discussions
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as far as politics and governance.
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Intellectual, intellectual,
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interconsistency.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes, yes,
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exactly.
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Yeah, so on X we were able to analyze there was this
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X live sessions where
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citizens we used to to exchange ideas to
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discuss even sometimes with prominent leaders and it was agreeable that
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this was not the right way for
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us as a country to go as far as that particular document is concerned and
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you know it's very funny that just these documents
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almost set the country into a blaze because
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It is only this piece of paper or other piece of
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paper that was really,
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really not sitting well with us as
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citizens.
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Thank you.
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S… Speaker 6 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you.
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Participated here.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you,
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Mr.
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Collins.
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And so from what you have told me,
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what I'm getting is you were...
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especially when it comes to the participation of both online
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and offline,
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as far as the 2024 Gen Z protests
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are concerned,
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you participated online by commenting
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and then you participated in the streets up to around
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two weeks before 25th,
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so within the month of June specifically,
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June 2024.
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Were you active as far as from maybe
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two weeks before 25th?
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I was active.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay,
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and that means your
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activity was basically most commenting online and then
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it culminated to you going to the streets on
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25th of June.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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and more to that,
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I also had,
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like you call it,
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offline discussions,
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even with those who are unable to understand these documents.
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So there was a lot of civic education,
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which also actively participated.
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And you know,
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this civic education came through in areas,
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for example,
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in marketplaces,
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where maybe you find a group of...
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people just sitting and are discussing political matters and you ask them oh by the way what do you
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take on uh what's your take on the finance bill maybe also
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in uh in the matatus yeah yes
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yes yes yes yes and uh what what came
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out as as an agreeable term as
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far as that time is concerned in relation to the finance bill was reject finance bill
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S… Speaker 6 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you so much.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
This word reject finance bill,
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reject finance bill 2024,
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was something that was like a code.
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Let's say once we've had discussions and
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you feel like these people are truly not in agreement with this finance bill,
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we'll just say reject finance bill and everybody will,
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or rather majority will just echo it back.
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Reject finance bill and that is how it became a slogan that
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was actively used in that.
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Yeah, and I remember it became a hashtag at the end of the day.
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S… Speaker 6 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you so much.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes, yes.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
It became a hashtag,
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
right? Yes,
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes, yes.
11:08
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
sir. So I'd like to move to the next question,
11:11
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
and I think that's enough of the first question.
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Maybe we'll now keep the other questions a
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bit to brief answers so that we move to
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the next questions.
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Question two.
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How did you use X during the June 2024 protests and
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what motivated your engagement?
11:33
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay,
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go on.
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So I personally
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used X as a tracking platform.
11:46
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
11:47
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Because you see,
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sometimes people are being abducted and sometimes in
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some areas.
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there was a lot of police brutality yes so
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X was the platform that will give us
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updates uh yeah live updates of uh
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different areas because let's say along picker road maybe there is
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there's a lot of brutality that is taking place yeah people will take
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photos and videos and they will post yeah okay yeah let's say maybe
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uh people in on gatarongai have been attacked and there's a lot of shooting people
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have lost lives yeah and maybe it is uh it is let's
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say they've counted let's say maybe nine bodies
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yeah and maybe the media is reporting that it's only two people rather than the government
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is saying it's two people yeah so it was it was a platform that
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personally i used for tracking this yes because as
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as a as a patriot like i earlier mentioned yeah it
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is my it is my responsibility to ensure that i
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am safe in this country and everyone else is safe one last loss is
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is one too many yes yeah so if we not
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have used x then we wouldn't have known to what extent yeah
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uh these protests had gotten to and you see it
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also acted as a provocation
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Because if people are fighting for the rights of Kenyans in a particular
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area, while in another area,
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people are just reluctant,
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we see it,
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of course, will naturally just cause that proposition.
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For them,
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also to see that they need to get down to the
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rescue of the country.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes, yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes. And it was a place where even we'd...
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We'd of course exchange ideas,
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be it with the elite,
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be it with the local Wanaanchi,
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and so on and so forth.
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So it was a tracking platform.
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And for me as an individual,
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I kept reposting whatever was shared.
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But as far as let's say maybe me uploading.
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was not something that I did.
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Because again,
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you remember sometimes people are being abducted because
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of their posts.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Their posts and their activities.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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I have my friend.
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There was actually a case where someone was abducted from church.
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That was our church.
14:22
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yeah.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yeah.
14:24
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yeah.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
So we were just,
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we had left church.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I remember I had left church at around 1 p .m.
14:30
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yeah.
14:31
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Then in the afternoon service,
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there was this gentleman who was leaving church and there was a vehicle that
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was waiting out the day.
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They just say hi to him and he's like,
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oh, hi.
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And they come out and because he's near the vehicle,
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they just grab him and they put him inside the vehicle land.
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That's how he was simply abducted.
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So for fear of such,
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because at some point it also traumatizes you,
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I restrained myself from.
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posting, but on commenting on other people's posts,
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I relatively did,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
but very, very responsibly.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you.
15:07
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you, Collins.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And if you allow me to ask you very short follow
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
-up questions so that you also answer briefly.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
From what I've gathered from you,
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you used X to follow up on developments about
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surrounding the bill and the
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activities around the bill.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
but you do not post original content on x
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quite often did
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
you share any did you share any information on
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
x yes i did okay oh yes i did
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yes uh i i okay
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
what what i did was uh i was commenting yeah
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Did you repost any information like reposting other people's posts?
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes, I did.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes, I did.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I reposted.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I was a bit drawn
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to a particular politician.
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So I often...
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uh reposted their their posts because to me it
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
was making a lot of sense in that particular yeah and did you did
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
you prospect in in discussions i had you mentioned like the x -spaces
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
did you prospect especially the x -spaces yes yes yes yes
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
okay yes there was a time the head of state the head of state had uh
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had uh
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
had said that he wants to get the views of the youth in regards
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to this.
16:41
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
16:43
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
So I participated in that.
16:45
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay.
16:46
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And you also mobilized others,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
of course, and motivated them to join
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the protest.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Did you feel that as a civic responsibility,
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as your civic responsibility?
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Did you feel it was your civic responsibility?
17:05
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Well, yes.
17:06
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Some people might call it
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activism,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
but for me it was much of standing
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up to our rights as citizens because we have the...
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the right to air our grievances and you see one thing that was
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a bit conspicuous at that time was that there was that rigidity from
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the government not to listen to the robust press
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from the citizens they were very very willing to proceed with them with
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the passing of that finance bill and that is actually what triggered most the
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citizens to to attack the parliament
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And you see also during that particular period,
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the head of state had actually dismissed those protests,
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saying that these are just lazy people,
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reckless people.
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He had used some words which did not fit well with the youth.
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Yet,
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the youth were the human
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resource that was used to execute this complaint,
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which was not...
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Not an evil thing.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Do you see that?
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S… Speaker 8 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Actually,
18:22
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I remember the president and his cohort saying that these are
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rich kids with big phones and they're
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
taking tea in Java and coming to the streets with big phones.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
They're idle people.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I remember that.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Taking selfies and videos and trying to make them trend.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Do you think that triggered the rage even more?
18:50
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
18:51
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
18:52
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And then, you know,
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especially these days,
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people are very,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
very alert with what the government is saying,
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doing, and even thinking to some point.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Kenyans are really,
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really interesting people because
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people will have...
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
different opinions but in these different opinions they'll just have
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
one thing that unifies them sometimes it's codes sometimes it's
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it's maybe it's maybe a joke or at that particular
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time people had actually come up with these memes
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yeah you see and of course they were trying to to paint
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the the current okay the the present
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
state of the nation yeah yeah of course there was a lot of corruption yeah
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there was a lot of abductions there was a lot of uh
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
uh very very annoying
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
spending by the government there was unexplained frequent
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
travels yeah there was also frequent travels yeah
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exactly yeah so there was there was just a way how
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kenyans were able to
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to speak the same language and uh at
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that time particularly it was uh through these memes and uh they were really really circulated
20:13
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
uh through x yeah actually
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
there was a lot of creativity even bearing the fact that we okay
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
i actually will come to that uh it's okay question about the names and
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
images uh sorry to interrupt you we have about uh
20:31
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
four minutes before this zoom call ends and
20:38
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I wanted us to use those four minutes to answer the next question.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
There would be a point where we will talk about memes
20:46
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and the images and all the slogans that
20:50
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were used.
20:50
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
So question number three,
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can you describe the discussions and debates about the finance bill
20:56
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
that took place on X during the protest period?
20:59
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay, I'll guide this question by asking brief
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
questions.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
For example,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
If you can describe the discussions and debates about the finance bill that
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happened on X during the protests,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
do you think there was exchange of ideas?
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
there was massive exchange of ideas.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Especially through the X cases,
21:23
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
right?
21:24
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
According
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to your opinion,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
do you think there were debates and disagreements during those discussions?
21:35
S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Massively.
21:38
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes, there were.
21:40
S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
a lot of disagreements and agreements yeah so if you
21:44
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
can say like for example those who are disagreeing were most probably
21:48
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those supporting the government and the bill and
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
okay okay you know you know disagreeing
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and agreeing depends depends on whether you are disagreeing with
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
the protest yeah those who are disagreeing that that's not the right way to
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
go we should maybe air our grievances in
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
in a different way some were saying let the mps do their job we have sent the
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mps to go and air our opinions with their constituents
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
yeah yes but you see the mps funny enough
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
and that is actually where it was at that point that kenyans
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
started sending greetings yeah with their members of parliament through their phones
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
you remember yeah
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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so there was a lot of different opinions.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Some people were of the opinion that we do away with the
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
government completely.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
There were some who were of the opinion that let's just...
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Give them another chance for them to correct the mistakes.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Because there was at some point some retaliation from the government.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And the citizens were like,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
okay, let's give them space now.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And some were also the idea that let's
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reject this finance bill to some extent.
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
While others were,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
let's reject this finance bill in totality.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And so what you're saying is there was information sharing.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
There were diverse viewpoints.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Exactly.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And then,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
of course, there was persuasion and influence through those discussions.
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S… Speaker 6 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
And,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
of course, constructive engagement.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
All right.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
I think that means the
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discussions were fruitful,
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
according to you.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Yes,
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S… Speaker 2 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
they really were fruitful and informative.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you.
23:46
S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
So I think our 40 minutes are over.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
So I'll end this call and then begin a new one so that we can pick from
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
there. We will pick from questions.
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S… Speaker 5 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay.
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S… Speaker 5 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Okay.
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S… Speaker 1 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
Thank you so much.
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S… Speaker 4 (P5 - Part 1 - Collins Watiema - SAUT)
More thanks to you.

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