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Uhuru poised for Nyerere role and why it’s foolhardy to be dismissive

Presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Julius Nyerere at Port Reitz Airport when the Tanzanian leader called for a top-level discussion, April 1975. [File, Standard]

Unless his exit date is postponed by a possible run-off and maybe a successful court petition after next year’s presidential poll, today is the last Jamhuri Day commemoration to be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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