Uhuru says Jubilee has kept its promise, opposition differs
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta focused on his re-election in the State of the Nation address, highlighting key achievements of his administration over the past four years. The Constitution requires that, in this address, the president tells parliament the country’s progress in achieving national unity, participation of the public in decision making, equality, justice, rule of law, protection of marginalised communities and security threats to the nation.
Indeed, one of the opening statements of his address was: “It is my pleasure, therefore, to lay before this joint sitting of parliament, pursuant to Articles 10, 132 and 240 of the Constitution of Kenya, reports regarding the state of our national security; measures taken and progress achieved in the realisation of national values; and, to the National Assembly, a report on the progress made in fulfilling our international obligations.