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Kenya: Tight Security As Residents Throng Stadium for Madaraka Day Fete
Nation, 1 June 2017
Security is tight at the Kabiru-ini stadium in Nyeri County where President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leaders will attend Madaraka Day celebrations. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta's Full Madaraka Day Speech
Capital FM, 1 June 2017
Today, we celebrate our right to govern ourselves. That right was not given to us; we fought for it. Nyeri, this county of heroes, gave us some of our most valiant warriors. Read more »
Is It Time For Kenyans to Stop Celebrating Independence Day?
One of the reasons that Madaraka Day has become less important over the past few decades is because of a dwindling sense of nationalism among Kenyan citizens, the patriotic and uniting fervour witnessed during the struggle for freedom in the early days of independence has waned significantly, according to Sekou Toure Otondi of the University of Nairobi.
The statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi at the junction of Kimathi Street and Mama Ngina Street in Nairobi.
