Kenyatta

[ken-yah-tuh]

noun

1. Jomo 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.

Kenyatta

/ kɛnˈjætə /

noun

1. Jomo (ˈdʒəʊməʊ). ?1891–1978, Kenyan statesman: imprisoned as a suspected leader of the Mau Mau revolt (1953–59); elected president of the Kenya African National Union (1961); prime minister of independent Kenya (1963) and president (1964–78)

Example Sentences

People of all ages began arriving at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu before dawn on Saturday to pay their respects.

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He was vindicated by Kenya's highest court after the 2017 elections, when it annulled Uhuru Kenyatta's victory and ordered fresh polls.

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Martin and three of the DNC vice chairs — Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta, attorney Reyna Walters-Morgan in North Carolina and Nevada-based labor advocate Artie Blanco — did not respond to repeated requests for comment on whether or not they support the arms embargo resolution.

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She points to past leaders such as the founding president Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Moi - who both faced an intense backlash and loss of public trust during critical moments - including after the assassination of key political leaders and the coup attempt against Moi in 1982.

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Its theatre run was shut down by the government of then President Jomo Kenyatta and Ngũgĩ was locked up in a maximum security jail for a year without trial.

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