Kamala Harris (left) bumps fists with US President Joe Biden (right) after being sworn in as the 49th US Vice President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
Like millions across the world, I watched history unfold as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Vice-President of United States Kamala Harris to “Please raise your right hand and repeat after me,” thereby signalling the beginning of a new era.
At exactly 11.48am Eastern Time (7.48pm, East African Time), the United States of America was under new management. It was all pomp after that, with a unique assortment of entertainment from Jenifer Lopez’s rendition of This is Your Land, to Garth Brook’s melodious Amazing Grace and a phenomenal poem The Hill we Climb by the impressive 22-year-old Amanda Gorman.
