Former Kenyan President Dies At 95
File picture of Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi addressing a rally in Malindi, North of Mombasa, 26 August 1997. ALEXANDER JOE / AFPFormer Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi, who ruled the country with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002, has died aged 95, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday.
The speaker of Kenya’s national assembly, Justin Muturi said that Moi was an “astute politician”, who “employed pragmatic nationalism to keep the country together for the 24 years that he led our nation.” One of the defining scandals of Moi’s presidency was the loss of $1 billion from the central bank through false gold and diamond exports.
Moi was however praised for keeping Kenya a relative haven of peace during a chaotic period in east Africa which saw the genocide in Rwanda and civil wars in Burundi and Somalia.
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