Article: Kenyans Mark Kenyatta Day

President Daniel arap Mois today leads Kenyans in marking the 43rd anniversary of Kenyatta Day which commemorates the arrest in 1952 of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of the country.

Today in 1952, the colonial government arrested Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and other founding members of the Kenyan nation for their political struggle against the colonial government.

The day is used to commemorate the struggle of independence whereupon key architects of the struggle for "Uhuru" (meaning freedom) were ...

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