Fact-checking President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jamhuri Day speech

President Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi as they prepared to leave for the 55th Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium.

The Financial Standard this week looks at three claims made by President Uhuru Kenyatta while officiating the country’s 55th Jamhuri Day at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi celebrations last week.

“With better health and nutrition, Kenyans today are living nearly twice as long, on average, as their fathers did at independence.”