Kenya commemorates 54 years of independence

Kenya celebrates 54 years of independence/FILE

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 12 – Kenya commemorates 54 years of independence on Tuesday.

This follows a hotly contested presidential election that has left the country polarized.

President Uhuru Kenyatta in his Jamhuri Day address is therefore expected to make a call to unity and make a commitment to working for the betterment of all Kenyans regardless of their political leanings.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga had threatened to swear himself in as President on this Jamhuri Day in protest of the October 26 presidential poll which he’s refused to recognise.

On Monday, the Supreme Court found that he failed to formalise his withdrawal from the race.

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OLIVE BURROWS

With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.

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