(7.8.2017) Odinga has seemed ambivalent about his purported role in the revolt, a sensitive subject in Kenya 35 years later. People are concerned that the current election might turn violent, echoing deadly unrest that erupted after the 2007 election, and the 1982 coup attempt is another troubling example of how a country known for its relative stability in a sometimes turbulent region can unravel.

„A lot of people do not want to speak openly about it,“ said Gitobu Imanyara, a lawyer who represented accused coup plotters. „It doesn‘t receive sufficient scrutiny, even from political historians.“