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News12 December 2022 - 13:31

Embu to host Kenya's 60th Madaraka Day celebrations

The theme will be 'Universal healthcare'

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by The Star
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Kenya's 59th Jamhuri Day celebrations udnerway at Nyayo Stadium on December 12, 2022

President William Ruto has announced that Kenya will commemorate its 60th Madaraka Day in Embu County come 2023.

The theme will be 'Universal healthcare' as said by Ruto.

He revealed the above during the Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium on Monday.

Madaraka Day is significant in Kenya's history because it is on this day in June 1963 that the Founding Fathers of our nation replaced the outgoing colonial government and formed the first indigenous Government of Kenya.

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With the act, Kenya achieved self-rule or Madaraka, with Mzee Jomo Kenyatta as our first Prime Minister.

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