His 1977 novel Petals of Blood addressed the failures of post-independence while the play Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want) co-written with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii was deemed subversive leading to his imprisonment in 1977 for a year before his release early in Daniel arap Moi's presidency...

The city perched on Lake Victoria is finally attracting funds that locals say they were starved of during the Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki presidencies (AC Vol 58 No 17 New elections old battles)...

Gachagua's lack of influence has prompted fears among Mount Kenya's business and political elites that the region will be marginalised in a repeat of Daniel arap Moi's presidency...

‘Wangari Maathai kept pushing for years that's what we will do ' one protester told Africa Confidential referring to the democracy campaigner during Daniel arap Moi's presidency who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (AC Vol 46 No 25 Mwai's muddle)...

The large number of kidnappings cases of torture and murders of activists are a grisly reminder of the tactics used by former President Daniel arap Moi the political mentor of Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua under whom dissidents were routinely arrested tortured and killed...

A year ago the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) had pretensions of establishing a one-party state modelled on Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union...

A career diplomat whose previous postings include the UN the United Kingdom and India Amayo is also a long-standing ally of Odinga who lobbied former President Daniel arap Moi on his behalf for greater representation of the Luo community in government (AC Vol 40 No 5 Up with Biwott)...

Most senior Kalenjin officers have closer links to the family of former President Daniel arap Moi whose son Gideon is an opposition politician...

They remember the way that Ruto's political patron President Daniel arap Moi also played communities off against each other to marginalise Mount Kenya...

Devani had excellent political connections established during the presidency of Daniel arap Moi...

Yet Ruto's rhetoric with thinly veiled threats has prompted comparisons with the President's authoritarian mentor Daniel arap Moi...