1978
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)
Jomo Kenyatta
President of Kenya from 1964 to 1978
- Died
- 1978
Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and a conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death.