President Uhuru Kenyatta stands still as the final national anthem in the military barracks is played outside the Defense headquarters during the KDF Farewell event for the outgoing head of state on September 9, 2022. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]
On April 9, 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta took an oath of office, in front of an ecstatic crowd at Moi International Sports Complex in Kasarani, Nairobi.
Tomorrow, at almost the same time, the son of the first President Jomo Kenyatta returns to the same grounds to grudgingly hand over after his constitutional two terms in office.
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