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Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Mamboleo Kisumu county where this year's Madaraka day celebrations will be held. (Collins Oduor, Standard)
This year's Madaraka Day celebrations will be held at the newly built Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Kisumu on June 1, the government has announced.
A high-level team of government officials led by Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho visited the Sh350 million facility on Thursday to assess its ability to host the celebrations to commemorate the day the country attained internal self-rule.
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