Kenya’s former president Daniel Moi dies at 95
Mr Moi was born September 2, 1924, in Baringo County. He became president in 1978 after the death of Jomo Kenyatta.
Educated at missionary and government schools, Mr Moi became a teacher, as Kenya was moving towards independence from British rule. In the 1990s, due to western countries’ economic and political reform, he was led to legalise opposition parties in 1991.He is described by some as a president, who, during his tenure, was passionate about education and planting trees. He built many schools and “supervised many tree-planting projects.”Required by the constitution, Mr Moi resigned in 2002 and was succeeded by Mwai Kibaki.
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