Saba Saba was critical in pushing President Moi to repeal Section 2A of the Constitution and paving the way for the reintroduction of multi-party democracy. Mr Kathangu was among the five original Saba Saba coordinators with the others being Ngotho wa Kariuki, Edward Oyugi, Kariuki Gathithu and George Anyona Moseti. “Both Matiba and Rubia went on to announce multi-party campaigns and announced Saba Saba movement aping the Saba Saba Day in Tanzania in which the Tanganyika African National Union was formed,” he says. We need another Saba Saba,” Kathangu laments. The Ford Asili leader says that if the current generation will not mobilize and push for more democratic space, then the responsibility lies in the 3000 or 4000 arrested during the Saba Saba period in 1992.

Source: Daily Nation July 07, 2020 07:52 UTC