Published on July 6, 2025 by Agencies for Kenya Online News
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Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on Kenyans to converge at Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi on Monday to mark the anniversary of the historic Saba Saba protests.
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader said he will personally be at Kamukunji, the same grounds where pro-democracy activists gathered 35 years ago to demand multiparty democracy in the face of then-President Daniel Moi’s authoritarian regime.
“My idea is to call the people and go to Kamukunji, the first place where Saba Saba took place. I will be attending the Saba Saba at Kamukunji to remember those who were killed,” Odinga told reporters.
Addressing the press on Sunday, the long-time opposition politician said the ideals of the movement remain unfulfilled.
Odinga said the country continues to grapple with many of the same issues that sparked the first Saba Saba protests in 1990, including economic hardships and human rights violations.
“We have not achieved what Saba Saba intended,” he said. “Violation of human rights is still a challenge in the country, police brutality is there, and the economy has not performed as we expected. Saba Saba was meant to bring people together for a common cause: change.”
