These demonstrations commemorate the 35th anniversary of the historic Saba Saba—meaning "seven-seven"—protests of 7 July 1990, which initiated Kenya'sKenya's muilt party democrat.
At least eleven individuals have lost their lives during anti-government protests in Kenya, with 567 arrests reported by police. Security forces discharged firearms at demonstrators. Earlier, Dr. Aron Sikuku, a physician at Eagle Nursing Home on Nairobi's outskirts, informed us that two bodies with gunshot wounds had been brought to the facility. He noted that hundreds of protesters had assembled outside the hospital, demanding to retrieve the bodies.