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Three decades on, Saba Saba descends into blood and silence

Anti riot officers clearing the road after youths in Kitengela blocked it with stones during Saba Saba protests. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The heavy deployment of police, barricading of national installations, and denial of access to Nairobi’s Central Business District spoke of an administration determined to suppress the Saba Saba protests at all costs.

As Kenyans turned out in large numbers to commemorate a day historically associated with pro-democracy resistance against former President Daniel arap Moi’s regime, police too flooded the streets in anticipation of unrest.

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