Little to show for Madaraka Day as Bungoma gets the honours

KDF band members arrive at Masinde Muliro Kanduyi Stadium ahead of Madaraka Day celebrations. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Madaraka Day has come to Bungoma. As the poet, Jonathan Kariara would say, it is the coming of power. Every national notable and politico is in Western Kenya.

They have come to celebrate 60 years of internal self-determination. President Daniel Arap Moi always reminded us that Madaraka was the mother of Uhuru. Six months after June 1963, we made a majestic entry into independence, on 12th December. Jomo Kenyatta transitioned from Prime Minister to President. We began the journey to where we are today.