Spoken word artists, Brian Silweyz (L) and Willie Oeba (R) converse with matatu (local slang for public transport bus) crews on the streets of the central business district where they volunteer as educators of the public on their civic rights and duties including with poetic anecdotes to travelling passengers in Nairobi on September 10, 2024. In the wake of deadly mass protests against the regime of President William Ruto over proposed heavy taxes coupled with runaway corruption a growing number of individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds are taking to streets and social media pages to call out government's failures in delivering on electoral promises and stifling of civil liberties of especially speech, assembly, press and petition. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)