Otieno Amonde has taken to social media to mourn his son, Major Evander Ochieng Amonde, who died two weeks after a proud ...

Madaraka Day is observed annually on June 1st to mark the momentous occasion when Kenya attained internal self-governance from British colonial rule. This public holiday is enshrined in the 2010 ...

Article 8 of the 2010 Constitution recognises Kenya's three national days as Madaraka Day (June 1), Mashujaa Day (October 20) and Jamhuri Day (December 12). On Madaraka Day, Kenyans celebrate the ...

As if to emphasize the point, the SGR opened 18 months ahead of schedule on Kenya’s annual anniversary of self-rule: Madaraka Day on May 31. The train line, which has been labeled the Madaraka ...

Madaraka Day commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self rule following four decades of armed struggle. The white settlers came to Kenya at the beginning of the last century ...

Madaraka Day is Kenya’s forgotten national holiday: neither is it glamorous nor conveniently dated as Jamhuri Day, or as directly resonant as Mashujaa Day. It doesn’t help that it’s the most ...

Today, Kenya is celebrating its 59th Madaraka Day, a commemoration of that defining day in 1963 when Kenya attained internal self-government under its new Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta. This was ...

Part of the crowd holding Kenyan flags cheer as Kenyan President arrives at the Nyayo National Stadium Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, during the 51st Madaraka Day or Independence from British Rule ...

Hundreds are expected at Parkers Park Community Playfield in Plymouth this Sunday, June 1, as Minnesota’s Kenyan-American community celebrates Madaraka Day, which marks the day Kenya attained internal ...

East Africa is growing fastest in Africa at 5.9 percent. Ethiopia, Rwanda, Djibouti, Uganda and Tanzania lead growth. Kenya ...

Madaraka Day is Kenya’s forgotten national holiday: neither is it glamorous nor conveniently dated as Jamhuri Day, or as directly resonant as Mashujaa Day. It doesn’t help that it’s the most ...

Article 8 of the 2010 Constitution recognises Kenya’s three national days as Madaraka Day (June 1), Mashujaa Day (October 20) and Jamhuri Day (December 12). On Madaraka Day, Kenyans celebrate ...