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Daniel arap Moi

Daniel arap Moi
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President Moi in 1979
2nd President of Kenya
In office
22 August 1978 – 30 December 2002
Vice President Mwai Kibaki
Josephat Karanja
George Saitoti
Musalia Mudavadi
Preceded by Jomo Kenyatta
Succeeded by Mwai Kibaki
Chairperson of the OAU
In office
24 June 1981 – 6 June 1983
Preceded by Siaka Stevens
Succeeded by Mengistu Haile Mariam
3rd Vice President of Kenya
In office
5 January 1967 – 22 August 1978
President Jomo Kenyatta
Preceded by Joseph Murumbi
Succeeded by Mwai Kibaki
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
1964–1978
President Jomo Kenyatta
Member of Parliament
In office
1963–2002
Succeeded by Gideon Moi
Constituency Baringo North (1963–66)
Baringo Central (1966–2002)
Personal details
Born (1924-09-02) 2 September 1924 (age 92)
Sacho, Baringo, Kenya Colony
Nationality Kenyan
Political party KANU
KADU (1960–1964)
Spouse(s) Lena Moi (d. 2004)
Children
Alma mater Tambach TTC
Profession Teacher
Religion Africa Inland Church
Awards Silver World Award (1981)
Signature
Nickname(s) Nyayo
Baba Moi
Baba wa Taifa
Mtukufu Rais

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi /ˈm/ MOH-ee (born 2 September 1924) is a former Kenyan politician who served as the second President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. Through popular agitation and external pressures, he was forced to allow multiparty elections in 1992 and successfully led his party to victory and in the following general election in 1997. Prior to 1978, he served as the third Vice President of Kenya from 1967 to 1978.

Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as "Nyayo", a Swahili word for "footsteps", as he often said he was following in the footsteps of the first President. He also earned the sobriquet "Professor of Politics" due to his long rule of 24 years, the longest in Kenyan history to date.

Moi was born in Kurieng'wo village, Sacho division, Baringo County, and was raised by his mother Kimoi Chebii following the early death of his father. He is of the Kalenjin people. After completing his secondary education at Kapsabet High School, he attended Tambach Teachers Training College in the Keiyo District. He worked as a teacher from 1946 until 1955.

In 1955 Moi entered politics when he was elected Member of the Legislative Council for Rift Valley. In 1960 he founded the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) with Ronald Ngala to challenge the Kenya African National Union (KANU) led by Jomo Kenyatta. KADU pressed for a federal constitution, while KANU was in favour of centralism. The advantage lay with the numerically stronger KANU, and the British government was finally forced to remove all provisions of a federal nature from the constitution.


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