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ALUOKA & NGUGI: Young people stood with Young Turks ushering in multiparty democracy in 1990s

In June, youths seized the constitutional challenge to peacefully protest against the Finance Bill

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by OTIENO ALUOKA

News26 June 2024 - 16:22
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Martin Shikuku, Senator James Orengo and other leaders stage a protest a day that later came to be known as Saba Saba, on July 7, 1990. We owe it to the Gen-Z for being true to our laws and Constitution.

Typical human rights 101 lessons starts with conversation on the circumstances leading up to global agreement of states on the protection of human rights called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). We are reminded the global community was shocked by the devastation and atrocities of 1939-1945 World War II and declared that henceforth, all human beings shall be treated with dignity and their rights and fundamental freedoms shall be protected.

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