Young people have largely led the movement against the finance bill, using social media to galvanize protesters using the hashtag #RejectFinanceBill2024. Young people who voted for Ruto in 2022 praised his promises of economic relief. Now, those who are protesting say that they feel betrayed.

“I fell for his lies,” one voter, Oscar Saina, told The A.P.  “Now I’m out here regretting why I voted for him.”

Protesters set part of the Parliament’s main entrance on fire, marched with…