Mercy Tarus Accuses Morara Kebaso Of 'Stealing' Her Ideas To Run His Activism: "You're Weak"

• Morara Kebaso endeared himself to Kenyans with his style of activism, majoring in spotlighting government projects that stalled long after they were officially launched
• He is, however, being accused by Mercy Tarus, another Gen Z lead activist, of riding on other people's ideas to keep his cause active
• Tarus took issue with Marara's resolve to use the "Kenya Ni Home" tagline while advancing his activism

Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Nairobi - Infighting continues to eat up the Kenyan Gen Z revolution movement as bigwigs trade barbs over the ideas driving their activism against the government.

The latest to take on each other are activists Morara Kebaso and Mercy Tarus.

Why Mercy Tarus and Morara Kebaso are feuding

Tarus accuses Morara of personalising her ideas to run his cause.

The two are known to have identified themselves with unique genres that are relevant to the revolution.

While Morara traverses the country to spotlight projects that stalled long after President Willian Ruto launched them, Tarus embarked on advancing civic education to Kenyans.

Taurus dubbed her cause the Kenya Ni Home Initiative, which she intends to use as she crisscrosses the country, educating the Kenyan electorate.

The duo clashed when Morara seemed to be using the "Kenya Ni Home" tagline in his social media writings and pronouncements.

Taking issue, Tarus implied Morara is dishonest and is out to grab other people's inventions and present them as his.

"This is your tactic. You ask people what they're doing, then once you understand their plans and dates, you run quickly and do it," Tarus accused Kebaso.

In retaliation, Morara said the revolution to transform the country is a collective responsibility and, therefore, cannot be tied to an individual.

He asked Kenyans across the country to replicate his cause, suggesting he was not ready to take any credit should the initiative succeed.

"No one can own a movement you can only be part of one. Let all Kenyans print Kenya ni Home and hang it on their walls. Let all Kenyans record vampire diary videos of how money has been stolen in their villages and towns through corruption and dead projects. The mission is to activate everyone to do what they can do," he said.

Morara gained traction from compatriots after he offered to tour the country on his own accord to unearth the projects President William Ruto launched or relaunched but never kicked off after the publicised unveiling.

How Morara Kebaso faced off with Hussein Mohamed

In a recent television interview, the businessman dealing in furniture revealed the state and its influential operatives had reached out to him, offering him lucrative government jobs, perhaps to silence him in his civic venture.

At one point, Morara claimed the president ever called him on his own, offering him plum state posts.

The sentiment caught the attention of Nairobi State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed, who immediately called in to counter the assertion.

While acknowledging the civic venture by Kebaso, and its significance as regards democracy, Hussein faulted the activist for what he said was lying.

According to him, Ruto never phoned Kebaso, so he pressured him to substantiate that he had a phone conversation with the president.

Morara sought to absolve himself of Hussein's counterarguments but was still pressured to substantiate that the president had called him.

Seeming to play safe, he insisted on discussing the pertinent issues while seeking time to extract the call records from his network service provider.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke