 breaking them up before they could gather. This was nothing like the mass demonstration on Tuesday when a flood of protesters took over the streets and breached the barriers around parliament. This time the army was deployed. There was more security and it was better organized. The young people leading the movement are also divided on whether to continue the demonstrations after President Ruto ceded to their demand to drop the tax bill. Some are ready to take up his offer of dialogue, but many are suspicious, like Phoebe Apondi.