Kenyan Police Officer Questions Gen Z's Protest Footage Ahead of Large-Scale JKIA Demonstrations

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by Themba Sweet July 23, 2024 News 8
Kenyan Police Officer Questions Gen Z's Protest Footage Ahead of Large-Scale JKIA Demonstrations

Ahead of JKIA Protests, Kenyan Police Officer Questions Generation Z's Use of Cameras

As Kenya braces for another wave of demonstrations, a police officer's remarks about the role of digital documentation in the protests have sparked heated discussions. The officer specifically questioned the intentions and origins of the cameras wielded by Generation Z during these highly tense periods. These concerns come just days ahead of the planned

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8 Comments

  • Nikhil nilkhan
    Nikhil nilkhan said:
    July 24, 2024 AT 22:49
    Honestly, it's wild how cops still think cameras are suspicious. People aren't filming to cause trouble-they're filming because they know what happens when there's no record. This isn't about tech, it's about trust. And trust is broken.
  • Damini Nichinnamettlu
    Damini Nichinnamettlu said:
    July 25, 2024 AT 22:37
    The police are just doing their job. If you're not doing anything illegal, why do you need to film everything? This generation thinks every protest is a documentary. Wake up.
  • Vinod Pillai
    Vinod Pillai said:
    July 27, 2024 AT 04:51
    This is what happens when you raise kids on TikTok and call it activism. Cameras? Yeah, they're not for evidence-they're for virality. These kids don't care about justice, they care about likes. And now the state has to deal with the fallout of their performative outrage.
  • Avantika Dandapani
    Avantika Dandapani said:
    July 27, 2024 AT 17:47
    I just want to say-every time someone films a protest, they’re not just holding a phone, they’re holding a piece of history. And if you’ve ever been told your voice doesn’t matter, you learn to make sure someone else hears it. That’s not rebellion. That’s survival.

    I’m not mad at the cops. I’m sad they don’t see that.
  • Ayushi Dongre
    Ayushi Dongre said:
    July 28, 2024 AT 11:20
    The epistemological framework underpinning contemporary civic documentation is fundamentally altered by the ubiquity of mobile recording devices. One must interrogate not merely the intentionality of the actor, but the structural asymmetry of power that renders surveillance reciprocal. The camera, in this context, functions not as an instrument of subversion, but as a dialectical counterweight to institutional opacity.

    It is not the youth who are aberrant-it is the institution that refuses to acknowledge its own vulnerability to transparency.
  • rakesh meena
    rakesh meena said:
    July 30, 2024 AT 07:56
    Film it. Keep it real. No fear. No fluff. Just truth.
  • sandeep singh
    sandeep singh said:
    July 30, 2024 AT 20:35
    Let me guess-those cameras were bought with Western money. You think this is about democracy? It’s about destabilization. Every phone in the crowd is a NATO tool. We’ve seen this script before. Don’t be the patsy.
  • Sumit Garg
    Sumit Garg said:
    July 31, 2024 AT 18:36
    You realize most of these cameras are not even consumer-grade? Look at the specs-some have thermal imaging, AI tracking, encrypted live feeds. This isn’t Gen Z with iPhones. This is a coordinated surveillance operation disguised as protest. The state’s concern isn’t paranoia-it’s intelligence. And if you’re not seeing the chessboard, you’re already a pawn.

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