35 years later, Saba Saba continues: Meeting of different generations, same script

When protesters decided to 'consult' statues of Word War 1 fallen at Kenyatta Avenue during Justice For Albert Ojwang Protests on June 17, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Tomorrow, Monday 7 July, Kenya’s Gen-Z protests are set to intersect with the struggle for constitutional democracy that began more than four decades ago.

The Saba Saba commemorations are not celebrations of a moment. They instead call up public consciousness to decades of strife for good governance, since independence.