Kenya Railways has resumed operations of the Madaraka Express passenger service between Mombasa and Nairobi after a sudden suspension on Sunday night triggered public outcry and widespread speculation ...

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 ...

Kenya Railways Sunday announced the temporary suspension of the 10:00 PM Madaraka Express passenger train service from ...

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).

The train line, which has been labeled the Madaraka Express, has been sold out every day since. The passenger train runs between Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, and the Indian Ocean port city of ...

Celebrating Madaraka Day in the early 60s. [File, Standard] Madaraka Day is Kenya’s forgotten national holiday: neither is it glamorous nor conveniently dated as Jamhuri Day, or as directly ...

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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.

Madaraka, a Swahili word meaning responsibility or power, is also the name of Kenya's independence day, celebrated on June 1 each year. 5. Railway vandals may be executed.

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 ...

Madaraka Day is celebrated on the day Kenya attained internal self-rule; Jamhuri Day marks the day that Kenya became fully independent. Both days, six months apart, oscillate around Kenya’s self ...

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 ...