NAIROBI, Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, died Tuesday at age 95. Moi succeeded Kenya’s founding president, Jomo Kenyatta, in 1978 and ruled for 24 years. His death was announced by Kenyatta’s son and current president, Uhuru Kenyatta, who called him a leader in the struggle for Kenyan independence and an ardent Pan-Africanist. Moi died peacefully at a private hospital in Nairobi, said his son, Sen. Gideon Moi. Kenyans had a mixed reaction to Moi’s death.

Source: thestar February 04, 2020 04:20 UTC