As we step into 2025, we carry forward the hope that the injustices of 2024—killings, abductions, and systemic impunity—will not fade into silence. Yet even as we strive for accountability, newer stories emerge, echoing familiar patterns. The 2018 handshake between opposition leader Raila Odinga and former President Uhuru Kenyatta marked the erosion of political opposition, and history seems to repeat itself.
