President Mwai Kibaki (centre) holds up the new Constitution at Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi on August 27, 2010. Add to this the disentangling of public universities from the omnipotence of State, thus installing autonomy that guaranteed academic freedoms. Private sectorThe Kibaki government’s economic system allowed all Kenyans to begin thinking for themselves, work and earn a living fair and square. Denial of basic freedoms and blatant abuse of human rights had been the one ‘service’ that successive administrations since independence delivered with brutal consistency. President Kibaki not only lifted the ban on Mau Mau, but he also decorated and facilitated recognition and compensation of veterans.

Source: Standard Digital April 30, 2022 04:48 UTC