Cord’s resolution during Saba Saba rally at Uhuru Park

Nairobi, Kenya: During Cord's Saba Saba rally, the opposition passed a resolution which they termed as a commemoration of a struggle for freedom, democracy and good governance.

According to cord Saba Saba reminded them of the events of the 1960s leading to the clawing of the democratic ideals in the Lancaster Constitution by the administration of the late Jomo Kenyatta and noting that the Jubilee regime has adopted a similar pattern in reversing the democratic gains in our new Constitution by curtailing media freedom through the enactment of the Media Act, Amending the National Police Service Act and the National Police Service Commission Act, introducing amendments to the land laws to remove powers from the National Land Commission to the executive, amending the Truth Justice & Reconciliation Commission Act to allow Parliament to debate, amend and mutilate the Commission’s Report on historical injustices; and, introducing legislation to curtail the Civil Society movement in the country.