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Abridged version of the President’s Madaraka speech

Distinguished guests, fellow Kenyans,

Fifty one years ago today - within the memory of many still living - this nation, regained its self-rule, after nearly a century of painful struggle. We pay tribute to the men and women who gave all they had so that we might be free, and we will always remember those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.  This nation is their gift to us.

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