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This could be the reason Uhuru Kenyatta snubbed his deputy on Madaraka Day

Deputy President William Ruto walks past President Uhuru Kenyatta to make his remarks during National Prayer Day at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi on May 26, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Uhuru Kenyatta celebrated his last official Madaraka Day, mainly as a military function as opposed to a civilian national event. Just like the first Madaraka Day ceremony in June 1963 when his father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, took office as Prime Minister, Uhuru’s last Madaraka Day in June 2022 was transitional.

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