“All people and vehicles will be
thoroughly checked at the entrance and I urge all Nairobi.
Chavakali National School band
leads scouts to rehearse for
Madaraka day celebrations Sunday,
May 31, 2014. Sunday's Madaraka
day celebrations in Nairobi are
expected to kick off as early as 6am,
with the government urging
Kenyans to turn out early enough to
avoid long queues at the Nyayo
Stadium entrance.
Sunday's Madaraka day
celebrations are expected to kick
off as early as 6am, with the
government urging Kenyans to
turn out early enough to avoid long
queues at the Nyayo Stadium
entrance.
Nairobi Regional Coordinator Mr
Njoroge Ndirangu said that the
organisers of the national fete
expected people to be seated by
9am with President Uhuru
Kenyatta making an entry at 10am
where he will first inspect a Guard
of Honour.
“All people and vehicles will be
thoroughly checked at the entrance
and I urge all Nairobi residents to
turn up at Nyayo Stadium early
enough,” he said.
He was speaking at Nyayo Stadium
Saturday where he sought to
ensure Kenyans that the
government had taken serious
measures to ensure security at the
event.
He added that all security agencies
had been briefed and accordingly
deployed to ensure the event runs
smoothly.
By Saturday, government buildings
were draped in national flag
colours in preparation for the
event, which could easily have
been mistaken as a State reception
for former Prime Minister Raila
Odinga who jetted into the
country.
The police have encountered a
security headache from the
logistics of securing back to back
rallies for Coalition for Reforms
and Democracy (Cord) and the
Madaraka day celebrations.
The Cord rally had come under
criticism for sparking an election
mood with President Uhuru
Kenyatta mocking the opposition to
wait for the next general election
but work with the government at
the moment.
Other Jubilee leaders also accused
Cord of incitement stating that
they would be closely monitoring
the opposition remarks which they
said bordered on incitement in
recent rallies at Baba Dogo and
Mlolongo
Mr Ndirangu added that as
Kenyans we owed our country ‘the
duty to support leadership in
power’ in order to achieve
development goals.
He said that only in unity can
Kenya be saved form ‘detractors’
and urged Kenyans to jealously
guard our hard earned freedom
from ‘internal and external’
enemies.
Mr Ndirangu pointed out that the
51st Madaraka day would be used
by the country to take stock of the
gains we have made for our
country.
The public holiday is a yearly
celebration of the day Kenya
attained internal self-rule and is
celebrated with much galore each
year.
The Kenya Defence Forces, Kenya
Police Service, General Service Unit,
Administration Police and other
security organs are expected to
march past the president as is
tradition. Groups from across the
country are also set to take the
stage to represent diverse culture
with an injection of the urban pop
culture from the city performers.
County Commissioners who were
recently empowered to act for the
presidents at the devolved levels
are expected to conduct similar
exercises across the country.
thoroughly checked at the entrance and I urge all Nairobi.
Chavakali National School band
leads scouts to rehearse for
Madaraka day celebrations Sunday,
May 31, 2014. Sunday's Madaraka
day celebrations in Nairobi are
expected to kick off as early as 6am,
with the government urging
Kenyans to turn out early enough to
avoid long queues at the Nyayo
Stadium entrance.
Sunday's Madaraka day
celebrations are expected to kick
off as early as 6am, with the
government urging Kenyans to
turn out early enough to avoid long
queues at the Nyayo Stadium
entrance.
Nairobi Regional Coordinator Mr
Njoroge Ndirangu said that the
organisers of the national fete
expected people to be seated by
9am with President Uhuru
Kenyatta making an entry at 10am
where he will first inspect a Guard
of Honour.
“All people and vehicles will be
thoroughly checked at the entrance
and I urge all Nairobi residents to
turn up at Nyayo Stadium early
enough,” he said.
He was speaking at Nyayo Stadium
Saturday where he sought to
ensure Kenyans that the
government had taken serious
measures to ensure security at the
event.
He added that all security agencies
had been briefed and accordingly
deployed to ensure the event runs
smoothly.
By Saturday, government buildings
were draped in national flag
colours in preparation for the
event, which could easily have
been mistaken as a State reception
for former Prime Minister Raila
Odinga who jetted into the
country.
The police have encountered a
security headache from the
logistics of securing back to back
rallies for Coalition for Reforms
and Democracy (Cord) and the
Madaraka day celebrations.
The Cord rally had come under
criticism for sparking an election
mood with President Uhuru
Kenyatta mocking the opposition to
wait for the next general election
but work with the government at
the moment.
Other Jubilee leaders also accused
Cord of incitement stating that
they would be closely monitoring
the opposition remarks which they
said bordered on incitement in
recent rallies at Baba Dogo and
Mlolongo
Mr Ndirangu added that as
Kenyans we owed our country ‘the
duty to support leadership in
power’ in order to achieve
development goals.
He said that only in unity can
Kenya be saved form ‘detractors’
and urged Kenyans to jealously
guard our hard earned freedom
from ‘internal and external’
enemies.
Mr Ndirangu pointed out that the
51st Madaraka day would be used
by the country to take stock of the
gains we have made for our
country.
The public holiday is a yearly
celebration of the day Kenya
attained internal self-rule and is
celebrated with much galore each
year.
The Kenya Defence Forces, Kenya
Police Service, General Service Unit,
Administration Police and other
security organs are expected to
march past the president as is
tradition. Groups from across the
country are also set to take the
stage to represent diverse culture
with an injection of the urban pop
culture from the city performers.
County Commissioners who were
recently empowered to act for the
presidents at the devolved levels
are expected to conduct similar
exercises across the country.
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