Word: kikuyu
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Next, in Swahili, he would urge tribal unity on the country. Finally, in Kikuyu, he would tell his own tribe's people that he was still virile. That always evoked loud cheers...
Shortly after that, the process of selecting a new President will begin. Two factions within the ruling party, the Kenya African National Union, may enter candidates; both groups are more or less dominated by Kenyatta's politically powerful tribe, the Kikuyu. The first includes the Kenyatta family and its political cronies, whose power is tribally based. The strongest member of the group is former Foreign Minister Njoroge Mungai, 52, who was also Kenyatta's cousin and personal physician. But the handsome Mungai lost his parliamentary seat in 1974, largely because of his reputation for high living, and thus...
...made up of politicians and business leaders who are mainly Western educated. Their power is derived from their wealth and urban business connections. Moi, a hard-working but color less politician, is actually a member of the minority Kalenjin tribe. But he is strongly supported by two competent Kikuyu members of the Kenyatta Cabinet, Attorney General Charles Njonjo, 58, and Finance and Economic Planning Minister Mwai Kibaki...
...week's end, Moi appeared to have the edge. As a non-Kikuyu, he could gain the support of many minority tribes; with the help of Njonjo and Kibaki he would attract many of the Kikuyu, particularly if he were to name an able Kikuyu as his Vice President and heir apparent. Since all political factions were committed to the appearance of a constitutional transition, it seemed improbable that the country's nonpolitical army would choose to intervene. "Calling in the military," observed a Western diplomat in Nairobi, "is the very last thing anybody wants...
...Ngengi to Johnstone Kamau, then Johnstone Kenyatta and finally Jomo Kenyatta?as he grew from a herdboy to a mission-school pupil, from a Nairobi water-meter reader to a political activist. His career was shaped by the crucial facts of Kenya life: the lust for land by his Kikuyu tribesmen, and the character of the settler community that was determined to fight to preserve Kenya as a white man's country...