IRIN’s latest film, Kenya’s Unga Revolution, follows one of Bunge la Mwananchi’s activists, Emily Kwamboka, as she takes to the streets to demand change in the lives of ordinary Kenyans. "It’s high time people wake up. We need masses in this struggle. This is a fight that can’t be fought by just one or two people," she told IRIN
The rising prices and inflation prompted the creation of a movement led by a grassroots civil society group, Bunge la Mwananchi, or The People’s Parliament. It staged demonstrations throughout the year to pressurize the Kenyan government to bring down the price of unga, or maize flour, from Ksh120 (US$1.40) a kilo, to KSh30 ($0.34).
Song on Unga by Muigai Njoroge for those who understand the language
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