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...Kenya air force. At the center of the colorful hosannas, a leather-bound Bible in his hands, was Daniel Torotich arap Moi, 54, who swore to serve the people of Kenya "faithfully and impartially" as the country's second President and successor to the late Jomo Kenyatta. The country's Anglican archbishop presided over an ecumenical thanksgiving service...
Arap Moi's festive induction late last week symbolized Kenya's achievement in effecting a painless, peaceable transition of power following Kenyatta's death in August after 15 consecutive years of rule since national independence. Indeed, in the turbulent politics of black Africa, arap Moi's ascension is almost unique. Said a State Department official: "We are witnessing a succession achieved without violence or the threat of violence. All the prophets of doom have been proved wrong." An editorial in Zambia's Daily Mail concluded: "If the old man came back from the dead...
There was a price for the tranquil change, and arap Moi appears to have cheerfully paid it. Kenyatta's hand-picked Vice President for nearly a dozen years and Acting President since the death of Mzee (the old man), he won the job, more or less, on the assumption that he would not make too much of it. A member of the minority Kalenjin tribal group, arap Moi will be particularly dependent on three powerful figures who belong to the dominant Kikuyu tribe: Minister of Natural Resources Mbiyu Koinange, 71, Attorney General Charles Njonjo, 58, and Finance Minister Mwai...
...Percent," muttered the hapless minister; it was a nickname he had earned for his habit of taking kickbacks on government projects. Kenyatta raised his cane and whacked the man twice again. "No more," demanded Mzee. And there was no more...
DIED. Jomo Kenyatta, eightyish, President of Kenya, who led his country to independence; in Mombasa (see WORLD...