In 2002, I was keen to here the late retired President Moi last Jamhuri Day speech. Which I did. And one phrase I vividly recall was “As teacher and experienced leader fellow Kenyans, I want to assure you that Uhuru Kenyatta can make a good leader to steer Kenya into great heights,” the late Moi proclaimed.
Well, for being President, It has come to pass. Whether good or bad, like the former retired President Mwai Kibaki said of himself. I leave that to historians.
Likewise, I was eager once again on December 12, 2021,to hear President Uhuru Kenyatta’s last Jamhuri Day in assumption there will be no run-off in 2022 general election. Well, If am not wrong, and I stand to be corrected. DP William Ruto profoundly once remarked; “Humanities subjects are no longer relevant in this era, what is important are science subjects to solve modern challenges”.
I opined the remark infurieted President Uhuru Kenyatta to the core, to a point he came with idea to built the proposed National Heroes Museum [Memorial Park] at Uhuru Gardens. A venture he announced during 2021 Jamhuri Day celebration.
In what seems a rejoinder at his DP: “As we mark this historic day, some will tell you that history is meaningless, unnecessary, useless and irrelevant to concerns of the present. I beg to differ. History provides invaluable lessons and gives context to present,” President Uhuru Kenyatta remarked in the 57th Jamhuri Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens.
Building Bridges Initiative [BBI] being a legal document based in humanities subjects. Was another area Uhuru differed with Deputy William Ruto on 2021 Jamhuri Day, who had been openly opposing it in his rallies across the country, he [Uhuru] asserted forcefully that it is deferred dream that will come to materialize.