“As Kenya celebrates its Jubilee year of freedom and independence, Africa too marks slightly over 50 years since the fall of colonialism. The breakaway from colonialism has not been easy. Indeed it has been fraught with great challenges and setbacks. Without fail, however, the trajectory of our recent history, in Kenya as in Africa, has been one of great hope, renewed progress and palpable determination.”

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s inaugural address to the nation on
April 9, 2013, after he was sworn in as Kenya’s fourth President