US EditionAt Least 11 Killed, Dozens Injured During Kenya's 'Saba Saba Day' Protests
- On July 7, 2025, Kenya's Saba Saba protests marked their 35th anniversary with violence, 10 fatalities, and widespread arrests across 17 counties, including Kitengela.
- Most schools remained closed, patients could not access health facilities, and businesses shut down amid protests and roadblocks across Kenya.
- Calls for reform came amid shifting global moves toward democratic governance, while KNCHR reported police colluding with armed gangs in Nairobi, Kajiado, Nakuru, Kiambu and Eldoret.
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A new day of murderous mobilization in Kenya. At least ten people were killed and 29 wounded, according to a report provided on the evening of Monday, July 7, by the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. In Nairobi, the police were massively deployed to prevent these rallies, organized to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Saba Saba, on July 7, 1990, when the Kenyans rose to demand the return to democracy, during the dark years of the autocra…
In the East African country, a tax law has provided for the explosion of the cost of living, and the police are now again using violence against demonstrators.
Ruto locks down Nairobi to stop Kenyan protests, police kill 10
The protests mark the 35th anniversary of the 1990 Saba Saba uprising, when sections of the bourgeois opposition led demonstrations demanding multiparty elections and an end to the Western-backed rule of then-president Daniel arap Moi, Ruto’s political mentor and architect of Kenya’s one-party dictatorship.
At least 11 killed, dozens injured during Kenya's 'Saba Saba Day' protests
Police in Kenya clashed with demonstrators during anti-government protests on July 7, known as "Saba Saba Day", resulting in the deaths of at least 11 people. More than 500 people were arrested, according…
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