Charles Onyango-Obbo

The 36th anniversary of the Saba Saba protests (July 7 1990) invites a sober reckoning with Kenya's “Second Liberation” – the popular movement that began dismantling Daniel arap Moi's one-party KANU state and pressed for multiparty democracy.

For now, whether Muhoozi remains an instrument to shield his father or secures his own path, his “method to the madness” is achieving its aims. The fear factor keeps House Museveni secure and is cowing the mainstream media.

Until states shore up institutions, tighten biometric and procurement safeguards, and insist on transparency, we should expect more of the same.

Caption for the landscape image: President William Ruto and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni are currently trying to solve the same problem: how to produce a good report card.

Kenyan President William Ruto and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni are currently trying to solve the same problem: how to produce a good report card.

Popular economic journalism tells us that art is rarely the first luxury purchase for “new money”. It is the product of some higher evolution.

Caption for the landscape image: The July 16, 2026, Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election in Kenya's Nyandarua County was the most watched in the last 20 years.

One of the reasons for it is that it has produced a remarkable number of other crises.

On June 28, 2026, the operations of Nation Media Group in Uganda, including Daily Monitor, NTV Uganda, Spark TV, KFM, and Nation Couriers, were suspended, and soldiers took over their premises.

Scroll down to read the article Kenyatta Memorial Funeral Home in Nairobi on February 3, 2026. Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group