How shared values cement Kenya and India ties

Indian High Commissioner to Kenya Namgya Khampa. [File, Standard]

On January 26, 1950, a newly independent India gave effect to a Constitution that turned it into a sovereign democratic republic. This foundational contract was deliberated and debated for nearly three years by a Constituent Assembly before its adoption.

This year marks the 76th year of that momentous day, known as 'Republic Day.' Over the past eight decades, an exceptional distance has been traversed in the endeavour to secure peace, progress, and prosperity for 1.4 billion Indians. At the time of its independence from British colonial rule in 1947, extreme poverty and grinding hunger plagued India with a literacy rate of only 12 percent and a life expectancy of only 32 years across its 340 million people.