Ep 46: Kenya’s Gen Z Voter Movement:  How "Tukokadi" Is Changing the 2027 Elections

Ep 46: Kenya’s Gen Z Voter Movement: How "Tukokadi" Is Changing the 2027 Elections

“The secret is numbers.”

What happens when ordinary citizens decide to take democracy into their own hands?

In this episode of the Trouble Makers Podcast, host Tatiana Gicheru sits down with Kenyan journalist and civic mobilizer Ademba Alanns, the mind behind the fast-growing Tukokadi movement, an initiative pushing millions of young Kenyans to register as voters ahead of the 2027 general elections.

What started as a simple tweet has now become a nationwide movement, mobilising thousands across all 47 counties. Ademba shares how one small action sparked a ripple effect, turning civic duty into a collective, youth-driven force.

Together, they unpack:

  • The power of grassroots organising in the digital age.
  • Why voter registration is just the beginning of civic engagement.
  • The role of civic and political education in shaping informed voters and so much more.

Beyond Kenya, this conversation reflects a broader shift across Africa and the world, where young people are reclaiming their role in shaping governance, one vote at a time.

This episode is a reminder: democracy is not passive. It is built, protected, and sustained by those who show up.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(72)

Ep 53: No One Is Coming to Save You, with Nalishebo Sinyama

Ep 53: No One Is Coming to Save You, with Nalishebo Sinyama

What makes someone walk to the utility company with a placard instead of posting complaints online? Nalishebo Sinyama has been answering that since 2019, when a load shedding protest in her Lusaka sub...

7 Aug 42min

TM Smoke Signals: Silence! A poem by Sylvie Baziga

TM Smoke Signals: Silence! A poem by Sylvie Baziga

TM Smoke Signals: Silence, by Sylvie Baziga A spoken word piece by Sylvie Baziga on the slow deaths that leave no bullet holes: the swallowed cry, the smothered dream, the word never spoken because sp...

24 Jul 2min

Ep52: The Moral Political Economy, with Joe Kobuthi

Ep52: The Moral Political Economy, with Joe Kobuthi

Host: Thompson Luzendi (Zambia) Guest: Joe Kobuthi - philosopher, public theologian, political analyst, and curator of The Elephant Pan-African magazine. The rules of the house were written by someone...

17 Jul 32min

TM Smoke Signals: From Protest to Power, with Boniface Mwangi

TM Smoke Signals: From Protest to Power, with Boniface Mwangi

Human rights defender, activist, and presidential candidate for the Republic of Kenya, Boniface Mwangi joins Smoke Signals for a direct, unfiltered conversation on what it will actually take for Kenya...

10 Jul 11min

TM Smoke Signals: Même Bêtise, by Frank Amani

TM Smoke Signals: Même Bêtise, by Frank Amani

A spoken word piece by Frank Amani on the cycles we inherit and refuse to break. Same Stupidity confronts the ways human beings repeat patterns across generations, dressing up the same vicious circle ...

3 Jul 4min

Troublemakers Ep51: Put your target in a decision dilemma, with Willy Nkya

Troublemakers Ep51: Put your target in a decision dilemma, with Willy Nkya

Guest: Wilson (Willynkya), film & TV producer, content creator, and influencer based in Tanzania Rodgers sits down with Willynkya to unpack "Put Your Target in a Decision Dilemma" (Andrew Boyd & Joshu...

26 Jun 38min

TM Smoke Signals: Africa will be saved: A poem by Opolot Emmanuel Solomon

TM Smoke Signals: Africa will be saved: A poem by Opolot Emmanuel Solomon

In this powerful spoken-word piece, poet Opolot Emmanuel Solomon paints a vision of an Africa that has moved beyond division, dependency, conflict, and limitation. Through repetition, imagination, and...

19 Jun 2min

Ep 50: The Stop EACOP Project with Ziada

Ep 50: The Stop EACOP Project with Ziada

What does “development” really mean—and who is forced to pay for it? Meet the Guest Ziada is a climate and gender justice advocate working at the frontlines of renewable energy and community resistanc...

15 Mai 25min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
stopp-verden
popradet
fotballpodden-2
rss-gukild-johaug
dine-penger-pengeradet
hanna-de-heldige
det-store-bildet
rss-ness
e24-podden
nokon-ma-ga
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik
aftenpodden-usa
oppdatert
grasoner-den-nye-kalde-krigen
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk