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Saba Saba Day in Kenya
Monday marked the 35th anniversary of the historic Saba Saba – meaning "seven-seven" in Swahili – protests of 7 July 1990, which fought for multi-party democracy in Kenya. At least eleven people were killed during the anti-government protests and 567 were arrested, according to police reports. History seems to keep repeating itself. Saba Saba in Kenya dates back to June 1982 when the Kenyan constitution was amended to transform the de facto one-party rule in the country into an official, de jure one-party state. In July, a London-based organization of the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners in Kenya (CRPPK), came forth as a ‘ solidarity organization ’ for those arrested, detained or harassed for their political beliefs and activities in Kenya. The organization was committed to exposing Moi’s ‘systematic attacks on intellectual, political and cultural life’. Soon after, the attempted coup in August 1982 gave Moi the perfect excuse to turn Kenya into a ...
