We have come a long way since first Saba Saba

Police officers disrupt members of Bunge la Mwananchi members at Manyatta, Shabaab in Nakuru Town West who had gathered for Saba Saba protest demos. [Standard]

This year marked 33 years since the first Saba Saba rally on July 7th, 1990. Back then, opposition politicians and their supporters risked it all in the quest for constitutional multipartyism.

It also heralded an important phase of our political development, which has been characterised by constitutional reforms, greater institutionalisation of our politics, and a move towards a more consolidated democracy.