By Brian Kimani

Published on: June 29, 2024

Kenyans online have now moved a step further in their quest to hold politicians to account, in a continuation of what began as a wave of youthful protests against tax hikes by the ruling government.

Despite President William Ruto ceding to the demand to withdraw Finance Bill 2024, Kenyans have pointed out that it was merely the first step in taking back the power to the people.

Not just armed with chants, water bottles and placards anymore, the youth are now resorting to technology as the anti-Finance Bill protests now morph into anti-government demonstrations, in what has caused an unprecedented revolution witnessed across the country.

One Kenyan, identified as BenwithSon on X, has taken it a step further and generated an AI platform that provides information about the past corruption scandals that politicians and government officials were involved in.

When you query the name of a politician, based on information provided on the web, the platform displays a chronological list of corruption scandals beginning from the earliest to the latest, details of the cases and their outcome.

The ChatGPT tool also reveals whether the politician was prosecuted or if they were cleared of the graft allegations.

It also cites the sources of each case and prompts users to identify any missing information to improve on its accuracy.

This is not the first time that Kenyans have harnessed Artificial Intelligence to explain government policies and proposed regulations. Kelvin Onkundi introduced the Finance Bill GPT that provided insights to the complex clauses within the contentious Bill.

Another Kenyan, Marion Kavengi created the SHIF GPT to provide a breakdown of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) that will replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).