New demos: What's the end game?

Police engage protesters in Kitegela town during anti-government demos. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

Twenty-four hours after maandamano (demos), the city went quiet. It's as if what we saw in the media was a movie or a bad dream.

Yet the smell of tear gas, explosions or its canisters or what sounded like bullets from afar left the city on the edge. Curiously, the traffic was heavier than expected despite the rise in fuel prices.