FRENCH BASTILLE DAY MARKED ON KENYAN SOIL 2012

FRENCH BASTILLE DAY MARKED ON KENYAN SOIL 2012

Aude Demoustier with Agence Francaise Development Regional Director Yves Terracol

Saturday July 14^th saw French Embassies around the world mark Bastille Day. This is a national holiday in celebration of the beginning of a new form of government to the French

Simply put, at one time in France, kings and queens ruled and the people were fed up with the decisions made by them.

Sound Asia presenter Pooja kotedia

The Bastille was a prison in France where the kings and queens often used to lock up the people who did not agree with their decisions.

For many French people, it was a symbol of all the corruption and misrule by the kings and queens. So, on July 14^th 1789, a large number of French citizens gathered together and stormed the Bastille. So, the French celebrate the storming of the Bastille as the beginning of the French revolution.

-         venue: French Ambassador’s residence, Woodley Nairobi

-         additional info from Kenya’s “weekend star”, G- spot column

-         pics from the star…http://www.the-star.co.ke/society/society/85478-french-bastille-day-celebrated-in-kenya

Laura Herbert, Emily Herbert and Sophie Dupuich

Khadija Bakari, John Meza and Winnie Wambui

French Ambassador Etienne De Poncins with KENGEN MD Eddy Njoroge