Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) 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 was the country's first indigenous head of government and 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 conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death.

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KENYA - 25 AUGUST - A grieving woman leaves State House where Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta lay in state, Nairobi, August 25, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in Mombassa on the Kenyan


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KENYA - 27 AUGUST - Mourners wait in line at State House where Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta lay in state, Nairobi, August 27, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in Mombassa on the Kenyan


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escorted by an honor detail and bearing the flag-draped casket of Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, August 31, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in Mombassa on the Kenyan coast and was


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escorted by an honour detail, bearing the flag-draped casket of Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, rests in front of the State House, Nairobi, August 31, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in


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Secretary of Defence, James Kareithi attending funeral services for Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, August 31, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in Mombassa on the Kenyan coast and was


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AUGUST - Charles, Prince of Wales attending funeral services for Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, August 31, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in Mombassa on the Kenyan coast. Vice


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NAIROBI, KENYA - 27 AUGUST - Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, flanked by a military honor detail, laid in state at the State House, Nairobi, August 27, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in


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President Siaka Stevens of Sierra Leone attending funeral services for Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, August 31, 1978. Seated background, left to right: Princess Salimah Aga Khan; Aga Khan


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27 AUGUST 1978- A crowd of mourners gather at State House where Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta lay. Nairobi, August 27, 1978. Kenyatta died August 22, 1978 in Mombassa on the Kenyan coast and


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NAIROBI, KENYA - 31 AUGUST - Kenya's founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's fourth wife, Ngina, often known as Moma Ngina, grieving during funeral services for her late husband, Nairobi, August 22, 1978


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