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Saba Saba ideals lost, says veteran politician Charles Rubia

Veteran politician Charles Rubia. He was at the frontline in the fight for the Second Liberation. [Photo: FILE]

Multiparty crusader and veteran politician Charles Rubia says trying to liken the Saba Saba events of 1990 to the rally planned for Monday by Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) was a misapplication of facts.

Rubia, who alongside former leader of official opposition in Parliament Kenneth Matiba, was on the frontline in the push for multiparty democracy, said the Saba Saba of 1990 was a spontaneous uprising out of a long struggle for democracy and fundamental freedoms which began in 1980s.

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