Kenyatta Day

Its some minute to nine in the morning and i am walking in the streets of Nairobi, of course cursing why i have to go to work on such great day as this - Kenyatta Day! anyway am greeted by beautifully coloured building of patriotic Kenyans with proud kenyan flag coloured banners.... looking good though!
By the way i think i am late for work, was supposed to be in by 8, but no worries coz probably the boss is some place trying to figure out how to enjoy this day.......... so i get to job and here i am writing this...........................................
Now, holidays are great days especially when they fall on weekdays, days when you are supposed to be going to job but wont go because it is a holiday... todays Kenyatta day luckily fell on a good day, Monday - the worst day of the week. making the weekend even longer... so why celebrate this day, many may ask, Check this!

Today is Kenyatta Day in Kenya. This national holiday celebrates Mzee Jomo Kenyatta (1889-1978) and all the heroes who died fighting for Kenya's independence. Kenyatta is regarded as the founding father of Kenya.

He served as the first prime minister and president of the new nation for about 15 years. Recently there was a discussion to move Kenyatta Day from Kenyatta's birthday, Oct. 20, to the anniversary of his death, Aug. 22, since Moi Day, established to commemorate his successor Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, falls on Oct. 10 and the two holidays are too close to keep both.

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Jomo Kenyatta , 1893?-1978, African political leader, first president of Kenya (1964-78). A Kikuyu, he was one of the earliest and best-known African nationalist leaders. As secretary of his tribal association (1928), he campaigned for land reform and African political rights. In England he collaborated with other African nationalist students and founded (1946), with Kwame Nkrumah, the Pan-African Federation. Returning (1946) to Kenya, he became president of the Kenya African Union. In 1953, during the Mau Mau uprising, Kenyatta was imprisoned by the British as one of its instigators, then sent to internal exile (1959). Kenyatta was elected president of the newly founded (1960) Kenya African National Union while in exile. Released in 1961, he participated in negotiations with the British to write a new constitution for Kenya, which became independent in 1963. Kenya became a republic in 1964 with Kenyatta as president. Influential throughout Africa, Kenyatta was intolerant of dissent in Kenya, outlawing some opposition parties in 1969 and establishing a one-party state in 1974. The stability resulting from his leadership attracted foreign investment. He followed a nonaligned foreign policy and died in office. He wrote Facing Mount Kenya (1938) and Suffering without Bitterness (1968).