Daniel Arap moi brutally murdered Dr. Robert Ouko Seda. To Moi, anyone who opposed his regime was writing their own orbituaries. Rest in peace wuod Nyahera.
Others praised Mr Moi for his focus on improving the health of schoolchildren. In the s and s, the ministry of education distributed free packets of milk to all primary schools, targeting children under the age of This is how your generousity will be remembered. Go well RIPMoi pic. Mr Moi died with his son Gideon at his bedside at a private hospital in the capital, Nairobi, of an unspecified illness. His decline was very worrying. Mr Moi is survived by eight children. He and his late wife, Helena Bomett, divorced in The debate about how Kenyans will mourn the former president began long before he succumbed to his recent health problems.
The year-old was loved and loathed in equal measure; his supporters will mourn him as a patriot and a consummate politician who they fondly nicknamed "professor of politics", but others will choose to remember him as a brutal dictator. Defenders of Mr Moi will point to his often-repeated line that he kept Kenya "safe and peaceful", noting that while several African countries were imploding into civil war the country remained stable.
Kenya has changed a lot since Mr Moi left office but his influence will continue to be felt for a long time. Born on 2 September , he was originally known as Torotich arap meaning son of but adopted the name Daniel when, as a schoolboy, he was baptised by Christian missionaries. He was a close ally of Jomo Kenyatta, who became Kenya's first president and is the father of Kenya's current leader.
When he became president of the one-party state, he appeared to dominate almost every aspect of life, an impression aided by the state-run media. The attempt to overthrow him led to a brutal crackdown on his opponents. Later that year, the army quelled a coup attempt plotted by opposition members and some air force officers. At least people were killed.
Corruption, especially the illegal allocation of land, became institutionalised, the report said, while economic power was centralised in the hands of a few.
In , Moi yielded to demands for a multi-party state due to internal pressure, including a demonstration that year during which police killed more than 20 people, and external pressure from the West. Multi-party elections in and were marred by political and ethnic violence that critics asserted were caused by the state.
Kenyans later voted for a new constitution that was implemented in Moi often blamed the West for bad publicity and the economic hardships many Kenyans had to endure during his rule.
As with his predecessor, Kenyatta, many government projects, buildings and currency notes and coins were named after Moi.
Political activists and others who dared oppose him were routinely detained, tortured and killed, the report said, including the death of a foreign affairs minister, Robert Ouko. Corruption, especially the illegal allocation of land, became institutionalized and economic power was centralized in the hands of a few, the report said. In , Moi yielded to public pressure at home and abroad for a multiparty state, including a demonstration where police killed more than 20 people.
Multiparty elections in and were marred by political and ethnic violence that critics blamed on the state. Moi often blamed the West for bad publicity and the economic hardships that many Kenyans endured during his rule.
Kenyans voted for a new constitution that was implemented in and made provisions to bar personality cults. It is a day to remember that the current crop of politicians helped him escape justice for his crimes.
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