President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday shocked the nation after he breached tradition and began addressing the Madaraka Day celebrations before his deputy William Ruto spoke. Ordinarily, it has been Kenya's culture that Deputy President would speak first and in turn, welcome the President to address the nation. In all national day celebrations held since Uhuru and Ruto took power in 2013, that has been the culture. That was not the case in the 59th Madaraka Day fete held at Uhuru Gardens on June 1. A programme of 59th Madaraka Day celebrations showed that Ruto was not accommodated in the programme.

Source: Daily Nation June 01, 2022 10:17 UTC