Veteran Second Liberation activist Wafula Buke has cautioned that Kenya's current anti-fuel hike protests, sparked by a two-day transport operators' shutdown, may lead to prolonged instability due to a lack of centralized leadership and a clear negotiation strategy.

• The protests were called off following a government request for talks to address rising diesel prices, which significantly disrupted transport and commerce.
• Wafula Buke, a former political strategist for Raila Odinga, emphasized the need for an authoritative figurehead to negotiate legislative concessions from the state.
• Buke warned that the movement's decentralized nature makes it vulnerable to infiltration and disorder, potentially hindering its ability to translate public anger into concrete policy changes.