Veteran politician Koigi Wa Wamwere has faulted the return of the Moi Day celebrations, which had been abolished by the current constitution which came to power in 2010.
On Thursday, Kenyans celebrated the holiday which was introduced in honour of retired President Daniel Moi, after a Kenyan moved to court and managed to reinstate it.
But the former Subukia MP says that he never saw any need to celebrate like the rest of Kenyans, judging by the troubles he underwent in the hands of Moi for questioning his rule.
He added that he would as well not celebrate Kenyatta Day, which has since been turned into Mashujaa Day, considering that he also had issues with founding father Jomo Kenyatta.
"Honestly speaking I had nothing to celebrate because Moi jailed me for 9 years, and to avoid appearing bitter with him, Kenyatta also jailed me for 4 years (Kusema kweli sikuwa na la kusherehekea kwa sababu Moi alinifunga, aliniweka kizuizini kwa miaka tisa, ili nisionekane namwonea, Kenyatta pia alinifunga miaka minne)," he said on Saturday.
The former Assistant Cabinet Minister who played a major role in the push for multiparty democracy from Moi's single party ideology spoke on Radio Sauti Ya Mwananchi's Cheche.
He added that he is also of the idea that Kenyans cannot he treated to a situation where they have to celebrate a single person, people who have done the nation great harm.
He noted that Moi and Kenyatta personally allocated themselves the days, after allocating themselves many more privileges, including naming state institutions and infrastructure after themselves, and should not be given more.
"Sio lazima mtu apewe siku eti kwa sababu alikuwa rais. Kenyatta alijitambua, Moi naye amejipa vitu vingi, sasa ubishi unakuja eti aongezewe na siku, zile amepata hazijatosha?" he wondered.
This translates to: "Its not a must that a person is given a day just because he was president. Kenyatta acknowledged himself, Moi has also given himself many things, why should we argue about a day? Isn't what he has already enough?"
The two dominate state infrastructure and institutions, a good number of which arw named after them.