NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 12 - Visiting Barbados President Prunella Mason and Cheif Justice Martha Koome surprised worshipers at the All Saints Cathedral in the - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke
freedom, justice and self determination have been your guides. an acknowledgement of the past as this island look forward and swore in its first ever president. i, sandra prunella mason, do swear that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to barbados according to law, so help me god. casting aside the official link to the british monarchy, barbados is increasingly looking east to china for financial support. there are republican rumblings, too, in other caribbean nations. they will be watching this newest republic closely. our correspondent celestina olulode
join over a million members by signing up for free on the xfinity app. our thanks. your rewards. welcome back. the island of barbados is officially a republic. in a ceremony last night, the queen s standard lowered for good. queen elizabeth removed as head of state and barbados swore in its first president. i, sandra prunella mason, do swear that i will well and truly serve barbados in the office of president, so help me god.
is in bridgetown. celestina, did last night feel like the beginning of a new chapter? welcome to the world s newest republic. it did feel like a new chapter being at the ceremony because after 55 years to the day that this country became independent, it has finally removed the queen as head of state and ushered in a barbadian, dame sandra mason, to take that place. we ushered in a barbadian, dame sandra mason, to take that place. mason, to take that place. we are seeinu mason, to take that place. we are seeing pictures mason, to take that place. we are seeing pictures of mason, to take that place. we are seeing pictures of the mason, to take that place. we are seeing pictures of the ceremony i mason, to take that place. we are i seeing pictures of the ceremony that looks quite formal. was there an element of celebration about it? certainly, especially at the beginning, before the formality began, before prince charles began. you had poets, you had really amazing steel bands made
later on the programme. what a day for barbados it s the world s newest republic with it, a new president as head of state. barbados is in the south of the caribbean, its population is just below 300,000 and it became independent from britain in 1966. now, 55 years on, it is a republic. queen elizabeth is no longer head of state. this ceremony in the capital bridgetown marked the moment. at midnight, a final salute was made to the british monarchy, and the royal standard flag was lowered and replaced. then barbados welcomed its first ever president, dame sandra mason. i, sandra prunella mason, do swear that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to barbados according to law, so help me god.