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Jomo Kenyatta
October 20, 1893 – August 22, 1978
President of Kenya from 1964 to 1978
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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. His government was responsible for numerous massacres of ethnic minorities in Kenya, particularly ethnic Somali civilians.
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- Birthday · October 20
- Anniversary · August 22
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