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Intrigues of the first Saba Saba and the enduring spirit of freedom

By Amos Kareithi | 7yrs ago
Youth demonstrate during Saba Saba in Nairobi July 1990. [Courtesy]

Sometimes in 1990, two political ‘dissidents’ went to Cargen House in Nairobi’s Moi Avenue.

Controversial former Kitutu Masaba MP George Anyona and his neighbour in Madaraka Estate Njeru Kathagu’s mission was to rein in a man disgraced by the ruling party Kanu and thrown into political cold.

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