Former President John Mahama joined Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyata on Tuesday to celebrate the country's 54th Independent day celebration.
Mr John Mahama, who led a 15 member Commonwealth Observer Mission to monitor the East African country’s annulled August 8 elections, expressed his delight and shared pictures of his participation on his social media page.
"Happy to have joined my brother and friend, HE Uhuru Kenyatta, his Deputy, William Ruto and the people of Kenya at the 54th Jamhuri Day of the Republic of Kenya" he said.
The national fete, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, was held at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, in the capital Nairobi while regional celebrations were held in the other 46 county headquarters.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second and final five-year term, a month after winning a bitterly disputed election rerun marked by delays and boycott.
The poll rerun occurred after the country's supreme court annulled August's presidential election results citing "illegalities and irregularities" in the voting process.
The Commonwealth Observation Mission led by President Mahama had described the election has free and fair.
Kenya gained its independence from Britain in 12 December 1963 with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister.
Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding president, took up his father's mantle to become head of state in April 2013, despite facing charges of crimes against humanity over election violence five years earlier.
By Fiifi Abdul Malik/ghanaguardian.com
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