Is Kenya Kwanza laying ground for return to dark days of oppression?

Some of the Azimio la Umoja supporters nursing bullet wounds that theyu sustained during anti-government protests in Kitengela. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

This is what is happening: The regime is preparing the ground for returning to the old style authoritarian government.

It is saying "We tried reasonably and by polite means. We travelled to Nairobi, we even went to Kisumu. We requested them to stop Mwandamano in the national interest. But they did not listen. Instead, they repeated it even more, resulting in deaths, disturbances and loss of Sh202 million."