ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses Azimio consultative meeting at Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi on June 27, 2023. [File, Standard]
Growing up, I knew Saba Saba through the name Raila Odinga. To me, it wasn't a chapter in Kenya's democratic history; it was simply "Baba's day." Whenever July 7 came around, I expected news of rallies, chants, police roadblocks, and a country divided between those who supported the demonstrations and those who didn't. I never stopped to ask where Saba Saba came from or what it originally stood for.