How to have a Jamhuri Day we can be proud of

President Uhuru Kenyatta is escorted to the dias by Chief of Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe (R) after inspecting a guard of honor during the 54th Jamhuri Day Celebrations at Kasarani Stadium. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Kenya has now been a republic for 55 years.

Some would argue that at 55, Kenya should have more to celebrate than it does. After all, our GDP was similar to that of Singapore and South Korea at the same time in 1963 before it started going south.