4. H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta [2013 - 2022]
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H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta
The President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Uhuru is the son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's founding father and the first president of the republic of Kenya (in office 1964–1978), with his fourth wife, Mama Ngina Kenyatta. His given name "Uhuru" is from the Swahili term for "freedom", and was given to him in anticipation of Kenya's upcoming independence. Uhuru attended St Mary's School in Nairobi. Between 1979 and 1980, he also briefly worked as a teller at the Kenya Commercial Bank.
After St. Mary's school, Uhuru went on to study economics, political science and government at Amherst College in the United States. Upon his graduation, Uhuru returned to Kenya, and started a company Wilham Kenya Limited, through which he sourced and exported agricultural produce. Uhuru was nominated to Parliament in 2001, he became Minister for Local Government under President Daniel Arap Moi. H.E. Kenyatta ran as KANU's candidate in the December 2002 presidential election, but lost to the opposition candidate Mwai Kibaki. He subsequently became Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. He was later appointed the Minister of Local Government by H.E. Kibaki in January 2008, before becoming Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade in April 2008 as part of a coalition government.
Subsequently, Kenyatta was Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2012, while remaining Deputy Prime Minister. In 2013, Uhuru Kenyatta was elected as the 4th and current president of Kenya after being re-elected back in office in 2017.
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Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., During The 59th Madaraka Day on June 1, 2022
(Executive office of the President, 2022-06-01)Today, I am delighted to return to these hallowed grounds of Uhuru Gardens to commemorate our 59th Madaraka Day. I am overjoyed because, after 59 years of self-rule, this is the first time we are celebrating Madaraka Day ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Mashujaa Day, October 20, 2021
(Executive office of the President, 2021-10)This is the tenth time we are celebrating our nationhood, identity, and diversity away from the capital city of Nairobi. We have previously marked National Days in the following other Counties: Kisumu, Kisii, Nakuru, ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Labour Day, May 1, 2021
(Office of the President, 2021)It is with great pleasure that I join all workers of Kenya, and, indeed, the rest of the world, to commemorate International Labour Day. On this day, we come together to celebrate our workers as creators and makers of ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Madaraka Day, June 1, 2021
(Executive Office of the President, 2021)It gives me great pleasure to celebrate the 58th Madaraka Day in this beautiful and beaming city of Kisumu. I thank you the People and the leaders of Kisumu and the entire Nyanza Region for your warm welcome, and the great ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Jamhuri Day, December 12, 2021
(Executive office of the President, 2021)Fellow Kenyans Today, I am indeed delighted and privileged to host the 57th Jamhuri Day celebrations here at Uhuru Gardens, the People’s Garden. This is the exact place where the Union Jack of the British colonizer was ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Madaraka Day, June 1, 2020
(Office of the President, 6/1/2020)Today's celebration is taking place in an unconventional manner. For the first time in 57 years, we are unable to celebrate Madaraka Day at a public gathering because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, I will address you ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Labour Day, May 1, 2020
(Office of the President, 5/1/2020)My Fellow Workers, I am pleased to address you this morning, as we come together to mark Labour Day 2020. On this day, we honour and celebrate the hard work and industry of our People. The labour of your hands has powered ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Jamhuri Day, December 12, 2020
(Office of the President, 2020)Today, we commemorate 57 years of our independence and nationhood as a People. On this day, in 1963; the Union Jack of Britain came down and we hoisted our beautiful National Flag. On the same day in 1964, the Dominion of ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Mashujaa Day, October 20, 2020
(Executive Office of the President, 2020)Ladies and Gentlemen, Happy Mashujaa Day Let me first and foremost thank you, the Abagusii, for your warm reception. To celebrate the cultural diversity of Kenya and strengthen our nationhood, my Administration made the ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Mashujaa Day, October 20, 2019
(Executive Office of the President, 2020)Distinguished guests, My fellow Kenyans, I wish to thank the people of Mombasa in particular, and the coast region in general, for the warm welcome you have accorded me and other visitors from across the country. To foster ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Labour Day, May 1, 2020
(Executive Office of the President, 2020)I am pleased to address you this morning, as we come together to mark Labour Day -2020. On this day, we honour and celebrate the hard work and industry of our People. The labour of your hands has powered our economy, ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Madaraka Day, June 1, 2019
(Office of the President, 2019)Distinguished Guests, My Fellow Kenyans, On the 1st Day of June every year, we come together to commemorate Madaraka Day. A day set aside in our National Calendar to reflect on and celebrate our realization of self-rule ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Jamhuri Day, December 12, 2019
(Executive Office of the President, 2019)Distinguished Guests, My Fellow Kenyans, Ladies and Gentlemen, Happy Jamhuri Day! We gather here today to celebrate Fifty-Six Years, since that glorious day when the flag of our Republic was hoisted for the very first time. ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Madaraka Day, June 1, 2018
(Office of the President, 6/1/2018)Ladies and gentlemen, it is a special pleasure to join the people of Kenyans for today’s celebration and commemoration. We owe a great debt to the sons and daughters of this country and all the other heroes who fought for ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Jamhuri Day, December 12, 2018
(Executive Office of the President, 2018)Distinguished Guests, My Fellow Kenyans, Fifty-five years ago today, our beautiful flag was hoisted for the first time; announcing our pride in the independence we had won. It embraced our identity as a free people, ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., During The 54th Madaraka Day on June 1 2017.
(Executive Office of the President, 2017)Today, we celebrate our right to govern ourselves. That right was not given to us; we fought for it. Nyeri, this county of heroes, gave us some of our most valiant warriors. Our monumental victory in the war of liberation ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., on Madaraka Day, June 1, 2016
(Office of the President, 2016)Let me start by thanking the people ·of Nakuru County for their warm welcome today. The decision to share the celebrations of our nationhood among the counties is part of the Jubilee administration's desire to include ... -
Speech by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., during the 50th Madaraka Day Celebrations on June 1 2013.
(Executive Office of the President, 2013)I am pleased to join you today as we celebrate 50 years since our beloved country attained internal self-rule. 50 years ago, we embarked on an important and irreversible journey towards full independence when we began to ...
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