ERT country report series In the Spirit of Harambee: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Kenya
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Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780956071750
Category
Publication Year
2012
Publisher
The Equal Rights Trust, United Kingdom
Pages
282p
Subject
Civil rights, Discrimination--Law and legislation, Equality before the law
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Abstract
On 13 December 1963, Kenya’s first Prime Minister and President, Jomo Kenyatta, spoke at the opening of parliament of the newly independent state. He called on the people to adopt the spirit of Harambee, meaning “all pull together” in Swahili. Kenyatta used Harambee as a call to action, urging the people to unite to help build the newly independent nation. Nearly half a century later, on 27 August 2010, Kenya’s third President, Mwai Kibaki, speaking at the promulgation of the country’s new Constitution, once more evoked the spirit of Harambee, calling for Kenyans to “embrace a new national spirit; a spirit of national inclusiveness, tolerance, harmony and unity (...)
Description
xxiv, 282p.; 22 cm.
Number of Copies
1
