What you need to know about the State of the Nation Address

President Uhuru Kenyatta during last year's State of the Nation Address to parliament. File Photo: Courtesy.

Article 132 of the Constitution of Kenya requires the sitting President to give a State of the Nation address on the progress of his administration in Parliament every year.

The same constitution also requires the President to outline measures and progress undertaken, in effecting article 10 of the Constitution which touches on national values, international obligations and the status of the country’s national security.