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Uhuru’s final Madaraka day celebrations

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This year’s 59th Madaraka Day celebrations were held at the new Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum.

Kenyans, leaders and dignitaries were at the event whose key highlight was President Uhuru Kenyatta’s address to the nation.

Madaraka Day is marked every 1st June in remembrance of the day in 1963 when Kenya attained internal self-rule from the British colonial government.

Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum was commissioned on Tuesday evening by President Uhuru Kenyatta and visiting Sierra Leone Head of State Julius Maada Bio after the historical site was remodeled into an ultra-modern national monument by the Kenya Defence Forces.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta arrive at Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum for the 59th Madaraka Day national celebrations.
President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects a Guard of Honour mounted by a detachment of the 3 formations of the Kenya Defence Forces namely Kenya Army, Kenya Air Force and Kenya Navy
Thereafter, President Kenyatta, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, dignitaries led by President Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Maada Bio, and wananchi attending the ceremony were treated to a colourful march-past by contingents of KDF and the National Police Service.
Also on show at the ceremony held at Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum was a KDF mechanized columns drive-by and a fly-past by Kenya Air Force aircraft.
Cultural and contemporary music and dance troupes also entertained at the ceremony where President Kenyatta conferred State Commendations to several distinguished Kenyans.

 

Photos by Jackson Mnyamwezi Mwakai



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