Mashujaa Day set tone for future leaders

The first Mashujaa Day came and went exceedingly well. And apart from the arena events at Nyayo national stadium, 136 other Kenyans joined the list of shujaas (heroes and heroines), whose names and deeds will remain etched on the nation’s collective memory forever.

Leading the celebration of this landmark day was President Kibaki, and in his speech, everything that this renamed holiday should represent was detailed comprehensively.