Wild applause from Kenyans present. There was also the Kwale County Government choir and the newly formed Sisi Kwa Sisi Youth group who also took to the stage with their patriotic songs.
Before the taarab dancers took the stage, 520 students clad in white attire lined the field and formed a Kenyan map before making an African thatched hut drawing showing where Kenyans came from before independence.
The other notable highlight during the celebration was also the first female guard of honour commander. Lieutenant Colonel Faith Mwagandi from the Kenya Navy made history after she became the first female soldier to lead a KDF parade during a national celebration.
A soul-fulfilling voice of Lft Conel Mwagandi issued orders to a contingent of the Kenya Army, Kenya Air Force, and Kenya Navy while leading the president to inspect the guard of honour.
Ms Mwagandi joined KDF in 2007 where she would later be the first female commander Warship Commander in East Africa between 2019 and 2022.
And in Mombasa there was no celebration as most government officers who could preside over the event at Tononoka grounds as usual were all in Kwale.
Even Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir joined President William Ruto in the celebration at Kwale stadium.