Is Kenyatta steering his regime (country) to a new direction?
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the nation during the 57th anniversary of Madaraka Day on June 1, 2020, at State House, Nairobi. PHOTO | PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Madaraka Day speech had laudable moments. First was his reference to two Kenyans who have been anathema to the previous regimes, especially those of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi—Tom Mboya and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
Mboya had a detailed grasp of the social and economic challenges facing Kenya and could discuss theoretical assumptions informing government policies. The one person who came close to him was the young Mwai Kibaki.
