The National Assembly's speaker, Moses Wetangula, described the Madaraka Day celebrations as a significant occasion to highlight Kenya's outstanding achievements in fostering democracy.

Wetangula advised politicians to avoid pointless politics and concentrate instead on constructing and developing the country as Kenya celebrated 60 years since achieving self-rule.

"At 60 we certainly have come of age since independence, we have had regular elections at the level of democracy with challenges of course, but we have managed to successfully have now the 5th president that is a feather in our democratic cup that we should be proud of," he said during the Madaraka Day celebration at Moi Stadium in Embu.



Wetangula asked lawmakers to refrain from pointless politics and concentrate on constructing and expanding the nation so that they shouldn't allow needless politics to make the sacrifices made by our forefathers useless.

He promoted social change in the nation, emphasising lowering poverty rates and providing access to clean water.

"It's time to take a new trajectory and focus on how to uplift the lives of our people, this is what this day (Madaraka) should signify," he remarked.

We shouldn't betray our forefathers by changing the course for which they fought by saying, "Our forefathers fought for independence and brought independence."