Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (Nyayo)

The death and funeral of ex-President Daniel arap Moi last month may have united political leaders in an outbreak of praise but the bitter struggle for control of the governing Jubilee party was only briefly put on hold...

But he continues to watch his back in the Rift Valley where fellow Kalenjin Gideon Moi (son of ex-President Daniel arap Moi) is determined to spoil his act by running for the presidency in alliance with Odinga's former running mates Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (a Luhya) and possibly Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka who still commands a considerable following among the Kamba...

She claimed that the poll was cooked up by those scared of a powerful potential ticket offering Ruto with herself as running mate and declared that she was not as corrupt as ex-President Daniel arap Moi...

In 1997 Odinga abandoned the robust pro-democracy opposition to join the Kenya African National Union (KANU) the political organ of President Daniel arap Moi's rule becoming its secretary general in 2002 supplanting the young William Ruto from the secretary general's seat – over which he has held a burning grudge ever since we are told...

Previously he enjoyed business relations with ex-President Daniel arap Moi and two of his now deceased ministers Nicholas Biwott and former Vice-President George Saitoti (AC Vol 53 No 13)...

To these people Ruto is unscrupulous a man who could damage their political and business interests as happened under President Daniel arap Moi...

One object of Ruto supporters' attack is Gideon Moi son of former President Daniel arap Moi and a long-time Ruto opponent...

Vice-President Ruto welcomed the agreement with caution having seen Odinga defect from the opposition in 1998 to join Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union in government...

In 1998 Mwai Kibaki led a group of MPs calling for the secession and formation of a new State of Central Kenya in protest against President Daniel arap Moi's government...

Tit-for-tat protectionism ended the first EAC experiment in 1977 only for it to be revived in 2000 by Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi and his Ugandan and Tanzanian counterparts Yoweri Museveni and Benjamin Mkapa (AC Vol 41 No 1 Cooperation again)...

Founding President Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi ruled in turn from 1964 until 2002 under the umbrella of the Kenya African National Union the party which brought Kenya to independence...