LIVE: Scenes as Kenyans mark Saba Saba 2025

Smoke emanates from the Magunas Supermarket in Makutano, Meru County after being set alight during demos.

Smoke emanates from the Magunas Supermarket in Makutano, Meru County, after being set alight during demos. PHOTO/Handout

Raila Odinga: "Come 1990, by that time I had been to detention two times. Kenneth Matiba and Charles Rubia on the 2nd of May 1990, addressed a press conference which they said that the time had come for Kenya to become a multiparty, that Kenyans wanted a multi-party system of government. They were condemned seriously as being ethnic chauvinists, anarchists, people who want to bring chaos to this country."

Raila Odinga: "In 1982, when some of us wanted to form a political party, the regime then went to Parliament and introduced a law to make the country a single-party state by introducing Section 2A that made it illegal to form any other political party."

The ODM chief begins by saying he was going to go to Kamukunji to join other Kenyans in commemorating Saba Saba, but due to roadblocks in the capital, he could not.

"I was going to go to Kamukunji to join other Kenyans in commemorating this very important day. Unfortunately, as you all know circumstances today, road blocks all over town, which has made it difficult for people to move to Kamukunji."

ODM leader Raila Odinga speaking during a past date. PHOTO/Handout

Kenya Medical Association condemns the obstruction of healthcare workers and the targeting of medical facilities during the ongoing protests.

KMA: "Healthcare is not a target. Medical neutrality is not optional. Access to care is a fundamental right. The repeated failure to uphold these principles during protests is causing preventable death and suffering. We demand action now. The sanctity of healthcare delivery must be respected unconditionally."

Hundreds of youths engaged police officers in violent confrontations at Kabati area in Kandara Sub-county, Murang’a County, before overpowering them and breaking into businesses.

The group, which lit bonfires on Monday morning, first stormed a mobile phone shop and looted it before targeting a nearby supermarket.

For hours, they engaged police in running battles as officers struggled to keep them away from the business premises.

However, attempts to disperse the group bore little fruit as their numbers swelled, eventually overwhelming the officers and forcing them to retreat.

Protesters in Kiserian light fires on roads as they engaged anti-riot police.

An aerial view of the protests in Kiserian, Kajiado County.

Koja Roundabout, usually teeming with matatus, stands empty on Saba Saba Day as public service vehicles are barred from entering Nairobi’s CBD.

Long-distance buses were stranded at Kabete Police Station after being blocked from entering Nairobi CBD.

This is despite earlier claims by DIG Masengeli that no one has been barred from accessing the CBD.

Police have sealed off Parliament Road, erecting a razor wire ahead of the Saba Saba protests.

DIG Gilbert Masengeli asked by NTV about whether there are restrictions to Kenyans entering Nairobi's CBD, denied the claims.

DIG Masengeli: "Everybody is getting into the CBD, everybody is going for duty as normal, no worries!"

He adds that no one will be turned away.

"Ours is just to urge everybody to keep peace and confine themselves to the rule of law," said the DIG.

This comes after commuter traffic in several areas around the city were blocked from accessing the CBD.

Businesses in Nakuru CBD were closed ahead of the Saba Saba demos.

Protesters in Kirinyaga County have barricaded the Mwea–Embu road with fires.

Mwea-Embu road closed by protesters in Kirinyaga County. PHOTO/Handout

Raila: "I propose that the country urgently returns to the agenda of comprehensive police reforms, focusing on enhancing accountability, transparency and improving police to people relations."