Orengo pays tribute to a great Saba Saba Hero

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                  Mzee Julius Maina Kago who passed on early this week on Tuesday-File Photo

By Dickson Odhiambo

   July 9, 2026

  Orengo pays tribute to a great Saba Saba Hero

SIAYA Governor James Orengo has paid a great tribute to one of the Saba Saba heroes who passed on this week on Tuesday as the country marks 36 years after the first Saba Saba Rally was held on July 7, 1990.

The Self Proclaimed Defacto Leader of ODM Party says it is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that he has learned of the passing of Mzee Julius Maina Kago, who rested on Tuesday, July 7th, 2026, at King David Hospital in Ng’ong’, coinciding poetically, yet painfully, with the 36th anniversary of Saba Saba.

Orengo says the 75 years old Mzee Kago was not only just a driver but also an unsung general of Kenya’s democratic struggle.

 “In November 1991, when the tyrannical KANU regime placed a draconian ban on free assembly, it was Mzee Kago who defied the state’s machinery of terror,”  Orengo says  

Orengo says risking his life and livelihood, the late Kago courageously ferried the late Martin Shikuku, Masinde Muliro, Phillip Gachoka, himself, and other opposition leaders into the historic Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi.

“That iconic Toyota Stout Pickup, then owned by his employer Hezekiel Gachu, became an enduring symbol of defiance, resistance, and the unyielding quest for multi-party democracy,” Orengo adds

 He says through sheer grit and hard work, Kago later transitioned from an employee to owning his own vehicle, a testament to his personal resilience.

“As the sole survivor of those who rode in the back of that historic pickup into the eye of the storm, I feel the weight of his departure deeply. To the family, friends, and comrades of Mzee Kago: please accept my most heartfelt condolences,” Orengo further says.

Orengo says they have lost a patriot who stood in the spotlight of danger so that Kenyans could breathe the air of freedom.

“Mzee Kago wished for nothing less than a completely liberated, fair Kenya. I promise him, and I promise you, that I will continue to fight for Kenyans to the bitter end,” he further adds.

 

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