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Jomo Kenyatta

Personal data
Date of birth1894
Place of birthIchaweri, Gatundu, British East Africa
Date of death22 August 1978(age 83)
Place of deathMombasa, Kenya
Political partyKANU
SpouseGrace Wahu (m. 1919), Edna Clarke (1942-1946), Grace Wanjiku, Mama Ngina (1951-1978)
President of Kenya
In office12 December 1964 - 22 August 1978
PresidentJaramogi Oginga Odinga
Joseph Murumbi
Daniel arap Moi
Vice PresidentJaramogi Oginga Odinga
Joseph Murumbi
Daniel arap Moi
Succeeded byDaniel arap Moi
Preceded byOffice created
Prime Minister of Kenya
In office1 June 1963 - 12 December 1964
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor generalMalcolm MacDonald
Succeeded byRaila Odinga (2008 � present)
Preceded byOffice created

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Jomo Kenyatta[pron.] (c. 1894 � 22 August 1978) served as the first Prime Minister (1963 � 1964) and President (1964 � 1978) of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation.

Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi's and numerous other town's main streets, numerous schools, two Universities (Kenyatta University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology) and several other institutions, the country's main referral hospital, markets, housing estates and other places are named after him. A statue in downtown Nairobi and several monuments all over Kenya stand in his honour. Kenya observes a public holiday every 20 October in his honour. His face still adorns Kenyan currency notes and coins of all denomination.

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Kenyans have spoken, now for the hard task - Daily Nation Tweet this news
Daily Nation--When Kenya won independence from the colonial system nearly a half decade ago, the first Prime Minister, Mzee -Jomo Kenyatta-, was quick to caution that ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:58:22 GMT+00:00
Long road to Second Republic - Business Daily Africa Tweet this news
Business Daily Africa--There was euphoria in the early 1960s associated with -Jomo Kenyatta's- winning team, Kanu, that had swept the May 1963 ... - Date : Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:02:00 GMT+00:00
Several Ammendments Watered down the Constitution - allvoices Tweet this news
allvoices--By crocodila By George Okore: After independence, sharp differences emerged between erstwhile strong friends- President -Jomo Kenyatta- and his vice-president ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:56:04 GMT+00:00
Kibunjia faults varsity hiring - Daily Nation Tweet this news
Daily Nation--Anthony Omuya | NATION Prof Francis Gichaga, the Chancellor of -Jomo Kenyatta- University of Agriculture and Technology in Juja, follows proceedings during ... - Date : Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:46:35 GMT+00:00
Kenya - President Lula da Silva of Brazil to Visit Kenya Today - ISRIA (registration) Tweet this news
ISRIA (registration)--President da Silva is expected to arrive at the -Jomo Kenyatta- International Airport at 2200 hours local time. On arrival, President da Silva will be ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:01:43 GMT+00:00
Apt challenge from Biden at an opportune time - Daily Nation Tweet this news
Daily Nation--Perhaps the malady started way before independence when the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga declared that -Jomo Kenyatta- was the Africans' ''Second god'', ... - Date : Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:18:52 GMT+00:00
Difference between leadership and worship of the wallet - The Standard Tweet this news
The Standard--Look at -Jomo Kenyatta-. A wife abandoned in Kenya, another in England, two sets of families who grew up in fear, never knowing when, or if, the husband and ... - Date : Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:00:42 GMT+00:00
Kenya: UNDP `staff` arrested with cocaine - AfricaNews Tweet this news
AfricaNews--Cocaine worth over US$1 million was seized at the -Jomo Kenyatta- International Airport over the weekend in Kenya. A female suspect who claimed to be working ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:25:16 GMT+00:00
Unmasking Moi, the 'No' man of Kenya's politics - Daily Nation Tweet this news
Daily Nation---...- with the colonial authorities which would have seen the British grant independence and hand over government to Kadu before the release of -Jomo Kenyatta-. ... - Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 18:53:22 GMT+00:00
When PCs and DCs bestrode the land - The Standard Tweet this news
The Standard--But for all their vaunted power, these were mere toddlers compared to the men who lorded it over the provincial administration during the -Jomo Kenyatta- era. ... - Date : Sun, 23 May 2010 18:09:59 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Prime Minister of Kenya
1963 - 1964
Vacant
President of Kenya
1964 - 1978
Succeeded by
Daniel arap Moi

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kenya

Kenyatta (as prime minister) * Murumbi * Koinange * Nyamweya * Argwings-Kodhek * Koinange * Mungai * Waiyaki * Ouko * Mwangale * Onyonka * Ouko * Ayah * Musyoka * Godana * Obure * Madoka * Musyoka * Mwakwere * Tuju * Wetangula

Pan-Africanism

Proponents Politicians: Nnamdi Azikiwe * Amílcar Cabral * Muammar al-Gaddafi * Marcus Garvey * David Comissiong * Kenneth Kaunda * Jomo Kenyatta * Patrice Lumumba * Thabo Mbeki * Abdias do Nascimento * Kwame Nkrumah * Julius Nyerere * John Nyathi Pokela * Haile Selassie * Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe * Ahmed Sékou Touré * I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson
Others: Molefi Kete Asante * Steve Biko * Edward Wilmot Blyden * John Henrik Clarke * Cheikh Anta Diop * W. E. B. Du Bois * Frantz Fanon * John G. Jackson * Yosef Ben-Jochannan * Maulana Karenga * Fela Kuti * Bob Marley * Malcolm X * Zephania Mothopeng * George Padmore * Motsoko Pheko * Runoko Rashidi * Walter Rodney * Burning Spear * Henry Sylvester-Williams * Stokely Carmichael * Omali Yeshitela
ConceptsUnited States of Africa * Afrocentrism * Kwanzaa * Pan-African colours * Pan-African flag * Négritude * African nationalism * African socialism * African Century * Africanization * Kawaida * Ujamaa * Harambee * Ubuntu * Zikism * Black nationalism
OrganizationsAfrican Union * Organization of African Unity * Uhuru Movement * UNIA-ACL * African Unification Front * International African Service Bureau



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