In any case, even were the summit to have a quorum, President Moi wouldn’t have been available to hand over. In his usual eccentricity, Gaddafi made the impossible demand that President Moi hand over the OAU chairmanship to him, quorum or not. MOBYator recalled during my interview with him: “The unruly mob was dangerously moving in our direction screaming and hurling insults at President Moi in Arabic. President Moi only saw the point when the escort commander came and said the maize plantation wasn’t safe enough, and that the President be evacuated to the bush far north along the Nakuru/Eldama-Ravine Road. For President Moi, appearing in public without the rungu was the equivalent of walking naked.

Source: Daily Nation February 17, 2019 06:00 UTC