Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyattapron. (20 October 1893 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan politician. He was the leader of Kenya from independence in 1963 to his death in 1978. He served first as Prime Minister (1963–64) and then as President (1964–78). He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation.
Jomo Kenyatta | |
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 Kenyatta in 1966 | |
| 1st President of Kenya | |
| In office 12 December 1964 – 22 August 1978 | |
| Vice President | Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi Daniel arap Moi |
| Succeeded by | Daniel arap Moi |
| 1st Prime Minister of Kenya | |
| In office 1 June 1963 – 12 December 1964 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kamau wa Ngengi 20 October 1893[1] Gatundu, British East Africa |
| Died | 22 August 1978 (aged 84) Mombasa, Coast, Kenya |
| Resting place | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | KANU |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Wahu (m. 1919) Edna Clarke (1942–1946) Grace Wanjiku (d.1950) Mama Ngina (1951–1978) |
| Children | 8
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| Alma mater | London School of Economics University College London University of the Toilers of the East |
As President, Kenyatta was against socialism and worked with the United Kingdom and the United States in the Cold War. He also was criticized within Kenya for corruption.[2] He suffered a heart attack in 1966, and eventually died on 22 August 1978 from complications of a stroke, aged 83–84. His son Uhuru Kenyatta is the current president of the country.
Jomo Kenyatta Media
A traditional Kikuyu house, similar to that in which Kenyatta would have lived in Ngenda
Jomo Kenyatta Apa Pant and Achieng Oneko
In October 1951 Kenyatta selected colors for the KAU flag: green for the land, black for the skin of the people, and red for the blood of liberty.[3]
Tanganyikan children with signs demanding Kenyatta's release
Kenyatta became close friends with the last British Governor of Kenya, Malcolm MacDonald, who helped speed the process of independence.
Kenyatta initially agreed to merge Kenya with Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar to form an East African Federation.
The presidential standard of Jomo Kenyatta, adopted in 1970
Kenyatta at an agricultural show in 1968
Kenyatta with Malawian President Hastings Banda
A British newsreel about Kenyatta's rule, produced in 1973
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References
- ↑ "Profile of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta". Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ↑ Maloba, W. O. (2017). The Anatomy of Neo-Colonialism in Kenya: British Imperialism and Kenyatta, 1963–1978. African Histories and Modernities. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-50964-8.
- ↑ Murray-Brown 1974, p. 242.
Other websites
Media related to Jomo Kenyatta at Wikimedia Commons
- Jomo Kenyatta sworn in as President - 1964 newsreel
- Mzee Jomo Kenyatta
- Famous People in Kenya: Jomo Kenyatta