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Kenya has two instruments of power for the president, who is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces: a bound copy of the Constitution and the ceremonial sword, which has only been handed over twice to the incoming head of state in over 50 years.
Founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta never got the honour of handling the ceremonial sword in a public ceremony when Kenya gained her independence on December 12, 1963.
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