In a nation where Christians make up more than 80% of the population, including the president, they have rocked a powerful institution.
The youthful protestors took action against politicians utilizing the pulpit as a political forum and charged that the Church was supporting the government.
The challenge was met with a response from Catholic leaders one recent Sunday afternoon.
They planned a special Mass to honor the people who had been killed by police during the anti-tax protests, for the young from churches in and around Nairobi.
Numerous youths packed the Holy Family Basilica to offer prayers for the deceased.
A few weeks prior, chants from had disrupted Sunday Mass.
The demonstration was a first of its kind from the youthful, tech-savvy Generation Z, or Gen-Z.
They believed that the church was not supporting their opposition to severe tax increases.
Bishop Simon Kamomoe now made an effort to persuade them that they had been heard.
“I understand that, as young people, you can experience disappointment even from the church,” he remarked.
