Security forces on high alert, fears of infiltration by goons hired by those who have an interest in discrediting the Kenyan youth movement, but also in getting the government into trouble, appeals by President William Ruto to defect in order to avoid anarchic drifts and new deaths.
These are the main reasons a few hours after what is being called by activists, bloggers and the Kenyan 'Gen Z' movement, the mother of all street protests held so far against the country's current administration. 
It is called the 'Nane Nane March', a clear reference to 'Saba Saba Day', or 8 August as opposed to (or a sign of kabbalistic continuity) 7 July, which has been the date chosen for demonstrations since 1990 in Kenya, recalling the first one that laid the foundations for multipartyism and true democracy in Kenya, marking the decline of President Daniel Arap Moi's regime.
Today, according to organisers, there will be thousands of demonstrators in the square peacefully demanding the removal of ministers who have been investigated or are on trial for corruption, judging negatively the entry of the opposition in the new reshuffle operated by Ruto, demanding justice for the more than 50 victims of the protests to date, for dozens of illegal kidnappings and unjustified arrests by the police.
President Ruto has publicly called on citizens to defect from the demonstrations.
"We are a country that believes in peace. We do not want chaos in our nation, Kenya. We do not want demonstrations that bring death and people losing their property. We want peace," Ruto said yesterday. The organisers of the 'Nane Nane' reiterate that it will be a peaceful demonstration and that it was the police, until now, who instead of protecting the demonstrators as per the rules, always started firing teargas and rubber bullets at those who peacefully advanced armed only with mobile phones and water bottles.
From there the clashes often started, degenerating into anger, whereupon the officers started using live bullets, leaving dozens of young people on the ground. In addition to 53 confirmed dead, more than 400 were injured. It is to be hoped that today the situation can be contained by the common sense of everyone and that the demands of the young people can be accepted, in a spirit of mutual respect.
What is certain is that tensions are high, at least in words and slogans on X and the surrounding area.
In addition to the march in Nairobi, demonstrations are also planned in other Kenyan cities: the eye is especially on the Lake Victoria regions, where the recent alliance of exponents of much of the ODM, the former opposition party, with the Ruto government has displeased many.
As always, the losers on these occasions will be businesses. In Nairobi almost all of them will be closed, it is awaited to see what the weather will be like in the other cities.
In the coastal resorts, as every August crowded for the holidays, it is hoped that the situation will remain as calm this time as it has always been since the protests began two months ago. As always, we will update you throughout the day.