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馃嚢馃嚜 Madaraka Day in Kenya
Commemorates Kenya gaining internal self-rule from Britain
Date in Kenya
June 1
Instituted1963
Madaraka is a Swahili word meaning "power" or "responsibility"
Public life in Kenya
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
- 1956 Charles Njonjo posted to Mombasa, where he works for five years as Deputy Official Receiver handling bankruptcies and later as Crown Counsel. 路 Kenya
- 1963 Kenya attains independence. 路 Kenya
- 1963 (c.) Joseph Murumbi appointed by Kenyatta as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office upon Kenya's achievement of self-rule, overseeing defense, in... 路 Kenya
- 1963 Richard Achieng Oneko appointed Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Tourism by Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta upon Kenya's attainment of self-gov... 路 Kenya
- 1963 Tom Mboya assumes office as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs when Kenya achieves internal self-government. 路 Kenya
- 1964 The Kenya Air Force is established. 路 Kenya
- 1965 (c.) President Jomo Kenyatta issues a presidential directive requiring all Members of Parliament to obtain permits from District Commissioners before addre... 路 Kenya
- 1973 Njoroge Mungai elected inaugural president of the United Nations Environment Programme as its first Governing Council meets in Nairobi, the agency he... 路 Kenya
- 1980 Charles Njonjo appointed Minister for Home and Constitutional Affairs in President Moi's newly created cabinet portfolio. 路 Kenya
- 1982 Arrests of Kenyan intellectuals opposing Moi's regime start with George Anyona and Oginga Odinga.聽 路 Kenya
- 1982 Arrests of Kenyan intellectuals opposing Moi's regime begin with George Anyona and Oginga Odinga. 路 Kenya
In Kenya, around 1963
- 1963 Jomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya. 路 Kenya
- 1963 Kenya attains independence. 路 Kenya
- 1963 (c.) Joseph Murumbi appointed by Kenyatta as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office upon Kenya's achievement of self-rule, overseeing defense, in... 路 Kenya
- 1963 (c.) Richard Achieng Oneko wins the Nakuru Town Constituency parliamentary seat, demonstrating trans-ethnic appeal in a cosmopolitan urban center outside h... 路 Kenya
- 1963 Richard Achieng Oneko appointed Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Tourism by Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta upon Kenya's attainment of self-gov... 路 Kenya
- 1963 Paul Ngei leads the African People's Party to major electoral victories across Ukambani during Kenya's pre-independence elections. 路 Kenya