The Uhuru edition of the Nation carried a signed note by Mr Kenyatta. “Today marks the beginning of a new period in our history and of a new challenge,” he wrote.
“The tasks before ‘us now are many. One of the most important is to create in Kenya a society to which Kenyans of all races, tribes and communities will feel proud to belong and in which everyone will be able to live and work together in peace and harmony. Let this be the aim of all of us.”
Mr Kenyatta and his generation of politicians failed to deliver on that promise. Forty seven years on, President Kibaki and PM Odinga made almost the exact same pledge after the ‘Yes’ victory.