It has been hailed as “the first ever president in the world to hold an online meeting with all Gen Z” by his daughter Charlene Ruto, 31.
This alludes to the youths that organized the most recent demonstrations that upended her father’s administration.
The X Spaces feature, which enables users to have live audio chats with others on the platform formerly known as Twitter, was used to organize the demonstrations against his financial law.
In an effort to disrupt the president’s scheduled chat, a group of Kenyans on X have organized a rival Space and pledged to boycott it.
They contend that Mr. Ruto is already aware of their requests.
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President Ruto was compelled to declare he would rescind the legislation, which was meant to assist in lowering Kenya’s debt load of more than $80 billion (£63 billion), due to the fury around the proposed tax rises.
Since then, the protests have evolved into demands for Mr. Ruto’s resignation and the prosecution of the security forces for the deaths of demonstrators.
