Uhuru biography
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Uhuru Kenyatta's path to power
The winner of Kenya's presidential election has a famous name: Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, son of the founder of the nation and its first president, Jomo Kenyatta, who ruled from to The Kenyattas are Kikuyu, the largest ethnic group of the East African country. The Kikuyu dominate Kenya's politics and economy. Uhuru means "freedom" in Kiswahili and the new president wasn't given this name by accident. Kenyatta was born on October 26, , during the country's struggle for independence from Great Britain.
He grew up in Nairobi, started working for the Kenyan KBC bank and then studied economics and political sciences in the US. On his return, he joined his father's business empire. His first taste of politics came in , when President Daniel arap Moi appointed him chairman of one wing of the KANU governmental party.
Moi's puppet
In Kenyatta ran for a parliamentary seat in the Gatundu constituency, which was once represented by his father. The newcomer lost, whereupon Moi appointed him director of the tourism authority. In he won a seat in the National Assembly. The same year he took over the Ministry of Local Government. When Daniel arap Moi decided to relinquish power, he pushed through year-old Kenyatta as his party's candidate for the presid
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Uhuru Kenyatta
President of Kenya from April to September
For other uses, see Uhuru (disambiguation).
Uhuru Muigai KenyattaCGH ( born 26 October ) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from to [1][2] The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president,[3] he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from to
Daniel Arap Moi had picked Kenyatta as his preferred successor. However, he was defeated by the then opposition leader Mwai Kibaki in the election, and Kibaki was subsequently sworn in as the President.[4] Kenyatta served as the member of parliament (MP) for Gatundu South from to and also as Deputy Prime Minister to Raila Odinga from to [citation needed] Currently he is a member and the party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya, whose popularity has since dwindled. Kenyatta was previously a member of the Kenya Africa National Union (KANU), a political party that had led Kenya to independence in He resigned from KANU in and joined The National Alliance (TNA), one of the allied parties that campaigned for his election victory during the election. He later on went to form a merger with the United Republican Party (URP) led by William Ruto to form the Jubilee Party.
Kenyatta was re-elec
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Uhuru Kenyatta
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