Daniel Moi
| Daniel arap Moi Toroitich | |
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President Moi in 1979
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| 2nd President of Kenya | |
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In office 22 August 1978 – 30 December 2002 |
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| Vice President |
Mwai Kibaki Josephat Karanja George Saitoti Musalia Mudavadi |
| Preceded by | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Succeeded by | Mwai Kibaki |
| Chairperson of the OAU | |
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In office 24 June 1981 – 6 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Siaka Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| 3rd Vice President of Kenya | |
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In office 5 January 1967 – 22 August 1978 |
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| President | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Preceded by | Joseph Murumbi |
| Succeeded by | Mwai Kibaki |
| Minister for Home Affairs | |
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In office 1964–1978 |
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| President | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 1963–2002 |
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| Succeeded by | Gideon Moi |
| Constituency |
Baringo North (1963–66) Baringo Central (1966–2002) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 September 1924 Sacho, Baringo, Kenya Colony |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party |
KANU KADU (1960–1964) |
| Spouse(s) | Lena Moi (d. 2004) |
| Children |
8
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| Alma mater | Tambach TTC |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Awards | Silver World Award (1981) |
| Signature |  |
| Nickname(s) | Nyayo Baba Moi Baba wa Taifa Mtukufu Rais |
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi /ˈmoʊiː/ 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; he led his party, KANU, to victory in the 1992 and 1997 elections. Prior to becoming President, 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, Jomo Kenyatta. 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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