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We, the children of Saba Saba, must keep the spirit of change alive

Protesters hang on KBS bus during the Saba Saba demonstrations in Nairobi on July 7, 1990. [File, Standard]

Thirty years ago today, on Saturday, July 7, 1990, more than 5,000 citizens of this great nation – fathers, mothers, daughters and sons – were arrested all over the country and many others maimed or killed for daring to utter the word “multiparty”. 

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